A Brief Educational Intervention to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Screening Outcomes

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: TBI

In brief

This research study is designed to learn about Veterans' understanding of mild TBI (traumatic brain injury) and the VA TBI screening process. All OEF/OIF Veterans who come to one of the study-related clinics for TBI screening will be invited to participate. An educational handout on TBI will be given to half of the participants along with their TBI screening. The other half of the participants will have the usual TBI screening without the educational handout. Veterans enrolled in the study will be asked to answer a 5-10 minute research questionnaire. The questionnaire will ask: * About the individual: such as gender and branch of service * About what happened during the TBI screening: such as whether the Veteran had a chance to ask the provider any questions * About the Veteran's understanding of mild TBI: such as whether symptoms of mild TBI are long lasting Veterans who receive the educational handout will be asked specific questions about the handout and its information.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01558791

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

1236

Starts

2011-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All OEF/OIF Veterans screened for TBI at the designated clinic at 1 of the 4 study sites (during the 6 months of recruitment) will be eligible.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Pay Pines, FL — Bay Pines, Florida, United States
• James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
• White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT — White River Junction, Vermont, United States
• Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA — Hampton, Virginia, United States

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