Telerehabilitation for OIF/OEF Returnees With Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury
Completed
Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
In brief
The scientific objective of this program is to meet the rehabilitation needs of combat wounded Veterans with mild to moderate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) via telerehabilitation and determine the effect of this modality of care on patients' physical health and outcomes including function and community participation. The investigators will also evaluate the benefits and limitations of rehabilitation using telehealth from the Veteran and caregiver perspectives and evaluate the impact of rehabilitation via telehealth on Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare facility use.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00676182
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 81
- Starts
- 2008-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-03-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans or active duty military personnel discharged from the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, FL or in rehabilitation there
- ages 18 and older
- have sustained a TBI as evidenced by primary or secondary diagnosis on initial admission, with or without comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- enrolled and receiving medical services through the Tampa VA and medically stable as clinically determined by the patient's physician.
- In order to add MyHealtheVet to the study as a method of care coordination, MyHealtheVet enrollment and secure messaging authentication is required to continue in the study. All other methods of communication with subjects and existing surveys will continue. Eventually MyHealtheVet will replace the LAMP for secure communications with the Care Coordinator.
You may not qualify if…
- Telerehab services will be offered only to those patients with low ADLs who require additional care and who stand to benefit from the care coordination program.
- The investigators will also exclude those who are severely injured or institutionalized. This includes patients with a severe psychopathology.
- Refusal to enroll in MyHealtheVet with Secure Messaging will eventually lead to subjects being dropped from the study.
Where it is running
- North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL — Gainesville, Florida, United States
- James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL — Tampa, Florida, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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