Teen Online Problem Solving (TOPS) - An Online Intervention Following TBI
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Conditions studied: TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Brain Edema, Craniocerebral Trauma, Hematoma, Brain Concussion
In brief
The purpose of this study is to learn if using the World Wide Web to train teens and their families in problem-solving, communication skills, and stress management strategies can help them to cope better following traumatic brain injury (TBI). To answer this question, we will look at changes from before the intervention to after the intervention on questionnaire measures of problem-solving skills, communication, social competence, adjustment, and family stress and burden. We hypothesize that families receiving the TOPS intervention will have better parent-child communication and problem-solving skills at follow-up than those receiving the IRC intervention. Additionally, families receiving the TOPS intervention will have lower levels of parental distress, fewer child behavior problems and better child functioning than those receiving the IRC intervention. Lastly, treatment effects will be moderated by SES and life stresses, such that families with greater social disadvantage will benefit more from the TOPS intervention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00409058
- Run by
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- People needed
- 42
- Starts
- 2005-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-10-28
Who can join
Age: 11 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- between 11 and 18 years of age
- moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
- overnight hospital stay
- injury occurred within the last 12 months
You may not qualify if…
- younger than 11 and older than 18 years of age
- injury occurred more than 12 months ago
- teen does not live with parents or guardian
- English not spoken in the home
- injury is a result of child abuse as documented by medical record
- child or parent has history of hospitalization for a psychiatric problem
- documentation that the injury is a result of child abuse
- child suffered a non-blunt injury (e.g. projectile wounds, stroke, drowning, or other form of asphyxiation)
- child ever diagnosed with moderate or severe mental retardation, Autism, or a significant developmental disability (child must be able to talk)
- plans for the child to leave home during the coming 12 months.
Where it is running
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States
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