Return to Work and QOL Following TBI. Impact of Rehabilitation Service.

• Conditions: Quality of Life; Brain Injuries; Return to Work
• Interventions: Other: Rehabilitation service

• Registration Number: NCT01801969
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

The proportion of patients who return to work after surviving severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been estimated in number of studies but results do not agree.This may be due to complex interaction between many factors, including available rehabilitation services.

In Denmark rehabilitation services vary been regions and municipalities. Hospital based rehabilitation is organized by the regions. Rehabilitation outside the hospitals is organized by the municipalities

The first purpose of this study is to investigate a possible link between centralized hospital based rehabilitation and better return to work / quality of life.

The second purpose is to investigate whether municipality size affects quality of life and return to work after severe TBI.

Data on return to work are derived from a national register on labor market attachment. Data on quality of life are derived from a questionnaire.

The study population is identified from the Danish Head Trauma Database. The completeness and accuracy of the database will be investigated as the first part of the project.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-27
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-18
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 653

Inclusion Criteria

• age 18-64

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Rehabilitation service	Rehabilitation service	* Centralized or Decentralized rehabilitation * Size of municipality

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
time to return to work	up to 11 years post-injury	Data Source: Register (DREAM)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life	1-10 years post-injury	Data Source: Questionnaire (QUOLIBRI)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Centre; 🇩🇰 Hammel, Denmark