MMEPT for Traumatic Brain Injury

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Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury

In brief

The primary purpose of this research is to increase adherence to outpatient rehabilitation of chronically underserved individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The intervention will be a TBI rehabilitation-focused education tool suitable for use with a wide variety of patients, including those with poor literacy skills and those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), hereafter referred to as the Multimedia Multicultural Educational Program for TBI (MMEPT).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02695043

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

25

Starts

2016-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-07-05

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-12

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• A medically documented (e.g., EMS report, hospital record, physician record) TBI as a result of a blow to the head requiring admission to an acute inpatient rehabilitation unit, meeting at least one of the following criteria for moderate to severe TBI:
• PTA > 24 hours
• Trauma related intracranial neuroimaging abnormalities
• Loss of consciousness exceeding 30 minutes
• GCS in emergency department of less than 13 (unless due to intubation, sedation or intoxication)
• Proficient in Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Spanish or English,
• Willing to engage in the MMEPT and complete questionnaires,
• Agreeing to participate (i.e., completion of informed consent and HIPAA documents).

You may not qualify if…

• Preferred language (language with greatest proficiency) other than English, Chinese or Spanish,
• In minimally conscious or vegetative state,
• Significant symptoms of receptive aphasia, and
• Any acute medical condition that, in the investigator's opinion, makes the person unsuitable or unable to participate. Participants enrolled in the study who are ultimately not discharged to the community at the completion of acute inpatient rehabilitation will be removed from the study.

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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