Evaluation of a Skill-Building, Supportive, and Educational Intervention for Couples
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Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury
In brief
1. To evaluate the efficacy of a structured outpatient couples intervention program (Therapeutic Couples Intervention, TCI) on couples' marital quality after acquired brain injury (ABI). 2. To assess the impact of the TCI on the emotional well-being of persons with ABI and their partners. 3. To ascertain the impact of the TCI on caregiver burden and unmet needs as reported by partners of persons with ABI. 4. To examine the extent to which treatment benefits for survivors and their caregiving partners are sustained in the longer-term.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01935609
- Run by
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- People needed
- 160
- Starts
- 2013-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-09-28
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-10-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- partners and persons with ABI who are at least three months post-injury or post-diagnosis
- ABI is defined as damage to brain tissue caused by aneurysm, brain abscess, stroke, anoxia, or non-progressive brain tumor, or an external mechanical force as evidenced by: loss of consciousness due to brain trauma, post-traumatic amnesia (PTA), skull fracture, or objective neurological findings that can be reasonably attributed to ABI on physical examination or mental status examination.
- a "partner" is defined as a person described by the individual with the injury as a spouse, partner, or significant other
- able to understand and provide consent
You may not qualify if…
- active substance abusers (e.g., intoxicated at arrival to intake)
- at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization
- in imminent danger of hurting themselves or others
- individuals without a partner
Where it is running
- Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond, Virginia, United States
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