Improving well-being after traumatic brain injury through volunteering: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of a novel intervention facilitating volunteer activity to improve well-being in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design

Randomized two-arm controlled trial, with a wait-list control condition (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT#01728350).

Setting

Community-based setting.

Participants

Seventy-four community-dwelling individuals at least 1-year post TBI, who had completed inpatient or outpatient TBI rehabilitation.

Interventions

A novel intervention, HOPE - Helping Others through Purpose and Engagement, involving orientation/training and a 3-month volunteer placement for the participant, along with training for community agencies regarding TBI.

Main outcome measure(s

): Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS); Fl

SUBMITTER: Payne L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628307 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature