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Assessment of the Feasibility of a Systematic Multidimensional Evaluation of the Outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients and Their Relatives.

Recruiting
Conditions
Traumatic Brain Injury
Interventions
Other: Completion of questionnaires and on-site visits during an 18 months follow-up after TBI
Registration Number
NCT06194071
Lead Sponsor
Nantes University Hospital
Brief Summary

The main objective is to assess the feasibility of collecting and implementing a multidimensional evaluation in a sample of patients with a mild to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their relatives, evaluated at 6 months (primary outcome), and at 12 then 18 months post-injury (secondary outcomes).

Detailed Description

The study aims to assess the feasibility of collecting multidimensional outcomes of patients with traumatic brain injury, taking into account the patient-relative dyad. However, this multidimensional assessment may pose enormous problems of feasibility during the follow-up: loss of the patient's pathway, moderate acceptance by patients and relatives, difficulties of remote assessment sometimes carried out several times.... All these factors can affect the methodological quality of the evaluation of patient outcomes, with measurement and reporting biases influencing the results of biomedical trials. In order to improve the quality of clinical research in this field, it is therefore essential to fully appreciate the factors that facilitate or, on the contrary, hinder high-quality longitudinal follow-up.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients admitted to ICU with Glasgow score during initial car ≤ 14 and CT-confirmed head injury
  • Patients admitted to ER with Glasgow score during initial care ≤ 15 or concussion and CT-confirmed head injury or displaying clinicalsigns such as headaches or vomiting.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients under 18 years of age
  • Single patient, without relative or informal caregiver
  • Non-French-speaking patient
  • Refusal of consent
  • Patient under guardianship

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients with Traumatic Brain InjuryCompletion of questionnaires and on-site visits during an 18 months follow-up after TBIPatients with all types of TBI will be recruited (mild, moderate and severe). They mus accept participation in the prolonged follow-up (up to 18 months after the accident). Relatives will also accept to participate. Patients will undergo routine care regarding TBI in our institution. Only the prolonged follow-up and monitoring is proposed which combines remote questionnaire completion, and on-site visits at 3 time-points (6, 12 and 18 months). No on-site visit is proposed for relatives who will fill out questionnaires. However, they may accompany patients during on-sites visits.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Analysis of the feasibility of multidimensional analysis6 months

Study the reasons for drop out of the follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evolution over time of the outcome18 months

Modification of the medico-economic progress assessment using EQ5D-5L questionnaire results during follow-up

Prognostic models18 months

Elaborate original predictive models between the acute phase of in-hospital TBI management. Collection of routine data during in-hospital management

Analysis of the feasibility of multidimensional analysis12 and 18 months

In-depth analysis of the completion of the follow-up at 12 and 18 months by patients and family caregivers

Analysis of engagement and attrition by the dyad12 and 18 months

The outcomes and questionnaires (GOS-Extended, QOLIBRI, MoCA, BARTHEL INDEX, BICOQ, HADS, EQ5D-5L, ZARIT) will be used throughout the study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Nantes

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Nantes, France

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