The effectiveness of Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) in improving psychological well-being of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) caregivers at two government hospitals in Malaysia

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Conditions: Condition 1: Traumatic brain Injury (TBI) caregivers. Condition 2: Traumatic Brain Injury caregivers. Condition 3: Traumatic Brain Injury caregivers. Condition 4: Traumatic Brain Injury caregivers.
Diffuse traumatic brain injury
Open wound of head
Focal traumatic brain injury
Crushing injury of head

Registration Number: IRCT20180809040746N1

Lead Sponsor: niversiti Teknologi MARA

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

TBI caregivers must be Malaysian or Permanent Resident of Malaysia.
TBI caregivers with any type of races/ethnicity (Malay, Chinese, Indian and others)
Participants could be parents, spouses, siblings, sons/daughters or relatives.
The participants must be able to read or write in Bahasa Malaysia or English.
The caregivers must have been caring for TBI patients for > 3 month post injury.
Time spend for caring activities is at least 2 hours per day.

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria include paid caregiver or formal caregiver.
The injury which is not due to TBI will be excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emotional distress. Timepoint: Baseline, immediately after intervention program, 3 months and 6 months follow-up. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TBI caregiver's burden level. Timepoint: Baseline, immediately after intervention program, 3 months and 6 months follow-up. Method of measurement: Caregiver Strain Index.;TBI caregiver's needs. Timepoint: Baseline, immediately after intervention program, 3 months and 6 months follow-up. Method of measurement: Family Needs Questionnaire.;TBI caregiver's life satisfaction. Timepoint: Baseline, immediately after intervention program, 3 months and 6 months follow-up. Method of measurement: Satisfaction With Life Scale.