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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN16513116
ISRCTN16513116
Completed
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Efficacy of a psychoeducative intervention program versus treatment as usual to prevent or reduce the burden associated with caring for a person with acquired brain injury: a two arm, evaluator blind, multicentre, randomized controlled trial

Hermanas Hospitalarias0 sites76 target enrollmentDecember 12, 2023

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
The burden associated with acquired brain injury caregiving
Sponsor
Hermanas Hospitalarias
Enrollment
76
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39267361/ (added 16/09/2024)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 12, 2023
End Date
December 31, 2019
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Hermanas Hospitalarias

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Caregivers:
  • 1\. Aged 18 years old and over
  • 2\. Be caring for a person with acquired brain injury (ABI) (traumatic brain injury, stroke, anoxia, brain tumour or encephalitis)
  • 3\. Be an informal (unpaid) caregiver
  • 4\. Spend a minimum of 4 hours/week caring for the care\-receiver
  • Participants with ABI:
  • 1\. Aged 16 years old and over
  • 2\. Residents in the community
  • 3\. Receiving appropriate outpatient rehabilitation
  • 4\. Being stable clinically

Exclusion Criteria

  • Caregivers:
  • Those who did not have the time to attend the weekly sessions of intervention or had received a standardized intervention comparable to the one administered in the trial within the past year
  • Participants with ABI:
  • 1\. Having been cared for in a respite care unit during the last 30 days
  • 2\. Living in professionally supervised housing

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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