Development of Quality of Life Tool for TBI
Completed
Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury
In brief
Objectives: The ultimate goal of this research program is to promote seamless, comprehensive care for Operation Enduring Freedom/ Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans. The purpose of this study is to develop a psychometrically sound tool to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) applicable to wounded warriors with TBI (deployment-related TBI).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00714428
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 485
- Starts
- 2009-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-09-07
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- enrolled in VA and diagnosed with a deployment-related TBI documented in computerized patient record system (CPRS)
- at least one year post injury
- greater than 18 years of age
- able to follow two step commands and
- English speaking
- Clinicians Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinicians, including:
- physicians
- psychologists
- nurses
- social workers
- therapists who have provided care to wounded warriors with deployment-related TBI for at least three years
You may not qualify if…
- Veterans Exclusion criteria include:
- those veterans who are not yet discharged from initial rehabilitation (want patients to experience community based living environment)
- living in the community less than three months post initial rehabilitation, including residential care or long term care living environments
- No exclusion criteria for the clinicians
Where it is running
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System — Palo Alto, California, United States
- James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital — Tampa, Florida, United States
- VA Medical Center, Minneapolis — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center — Richmond, Virginia, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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