An effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial study protocol targeting posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Each year in the USA, 1.5-2.5 million Americans are so severely injured that they require inpatient hospitalization. Multiple conditions including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol and drug use problems, depression, and chronic medical conditions are endemic among physical trauma survivors with and without traumatic brain injuries.

Methods/design

The trauma survivors outcomes and support (TSOS) effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial is designed to test the delivery of high-quality screening and intervention for PTSD and comorbidities across 24 US level I trauma center sites. The pragmatic trial aims to recruit 960 patients. The TSOS investigation employs a stepped wedge cluster randomized design in which sites are randomized sequentially to initiate

SUBMITTER: Zatzick DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4851808 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature