Improving the communication of people with severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): a clinical trial

niversity of Sydney (Australia)0 sites44 target enrollmentMay 10, 2007

Overview

Registry

who.int

Start Date

May 10, 2007

End Date

December 1, 2009

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sponsor

niversity of Sydney (Australia)

•Participants must:
•1\. Have sustained a moderate to severe TBI for at least 9 months, previously defined as a score on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 9 \-12 (moderate), 8 or less (severe) and/or a period of Post Traumatic Amnesia (PTA) of 1\-24 hours (moderate) or more than 24 hours (severe). GCS and PTA is routinely assessed at the participating centers and recorded in hospital files
•2\. Be observed by ward or community staff to have significant social skills deficits
•3\. Be of at least average pre\-morbid intelligence (as assessed on the WAISIII Vocabulary subtest and demographic information)
•4\. Have a regular communication partner with whom they interact on a daily basis
•Family members or care\-givers will be familiar to the person with TBI, have not sustained a brain injury or have a psychiatric history, and interact with the person with TBI on a regular basis.

•1\. Drug and alcohol addiction or active psychosis as defined by their treating doctor
•2\. Aphasia (language impairment) as assessed by their speech pathologist
•3\. Non\-English speaking background
•4\. Severe amnesia, as assessed by Wechsler Memory Scale
•5\. Severe dysarthric (motor speech) impairments which make speech unintelligible