Health Interventions for Survivors and Primary Support Persons of Spinal Cord Injury

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries

In brief

The overall objective of this project is to test the efficacy of an innovative multi-component intervention aimed at reducing the risk for adverse health outcomes among caregivers of older survivors with spinal cord injury or disability, and to improve the well being of the spinal cord-injured survivor. In a three-group, randomized, controlled design providing access to information, resources, and support, we predict that the dual target approach will have a greater positive impact on both the caregiver and survivor than the caregiver-only approach, and that both active treatments will be superior with respect to caregiver outcomes than an information-only control condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00148239

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

380

Starts

2002-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-02

Who can join

Age: 30 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• has a terminal illness with life expectancy of less than 6 months
• is in active treatment for cancer (except for tamoxifen and lupron)
• is blind or deaf
• if the survivor is cognitively impaired due to brain injury or dementia and/or has no use of their hands and severe limitations in speech production

Where it is running

• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
• University of Pittsburgh (UCSUR) — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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