Enhancing Self-Advocacy After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of a novel intervention aimed at enhancing self-advocacy in individuals living with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Setting

Community.

Participants

Sixty-seven (35 allocated to treatment, 32 to control) community-dwelling adults 9 months or more post-TBI (mean of 8.9 years postinjury); previously discharged from inpatient or outpatient TBI rehabilitation; able to travel independently in the community, indicating a level of independence needed to engage in self-advocacy.

Design

Longitudinal randomized 2-arm controlled trial (NCT no. 03385824). Computer-generated block randomization allocated participants to treatment/intervention or control/no-intervention. All outcome assessments completed by blinded study staff.

Intervention

SUBMITTER: Hawley L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature