The use of group based Occupational Therapy Breakfast Preparation Retraining to improve the independence in meal preparation tasks for people with brain injury.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Acquired Brain Injury; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618002057268
• Lead Sponsor: Miriam de Rooy, Principal Investigator and Senior Occupational Therapist

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-12-21
• Last Update Posted: 6 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

All patients admitted to a metropolitan brain injury rehabilitation unit (Liverpool) referred to occupational therapy and who fulfil the following criteria will be invited to participate:
•Admitted to Liverpool BIRU inpatient rehabilitation
•Diagnosis of acquired brain injury (ABI)
•Aged between 16 and 65 years
•Medically stable
•Able to follow single stage commands – verbal, visual and /or written
•Tolerating an oral diet
•Have an identified problem with meal preparation
•Have goals related to meal preparation
•Have the physical and cognitive capacity to engage in meal preparation
•Patient with an infection status of other multi-resistant organisms

Exclusion Criteria

•Patients that display behaviours that may place either themselves or others at risk.
•Unable to follow single stage commands – verbal, visual and /or written
•On PEG feeds
•Have not identified difficulties with meal preparation
•Do not have goals related to meal preparation
•Physically and cognitive are unable to engage in meal preparation
•Patients with an Infectious status of droplet precautions

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome will be the amount of change in task mastery in simple meal preparation tasks as measured by the PRPP system of Task Analysis Stage 1 at baseline, 4 weeks and 12 weeks following the commencement of the intervention phase. This outcome will address the first research question by measuring change in task mastery of simple meal preparation tasks (breakfast). [Outcomes will be completed at baseline, 4 weeks and 12 weeks following the commencement of the intervention phase.]