Clinical Trial: Evaluation of an Intervention Model for Family Crisis and Support

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Evaluation of an Intervention Model for Family Crisis and Support (a Research Project Within the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Grant)

Brief Summary: To learn more about how a family treatment program helps people after brain injury. Specifically, do families feel better and function better after going through the program, and do patients feel better and function better after going through the program.

Detailed Summary: To evaluate the efficacy of a structured outpatient family intervention program (BIFI) on family members' emotional well being, life satisfaction, needs, and family functioning; and to evaluate the impact of the BIFI on the emotional well being, life satisfaction, functional independence, vocational status, and neurobehavioral functioning of persons with acquired brain injury (ABI).
Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Current Primary Outcome: Family Needs Questionnaire (FNQ) [ Time Frame: pre-treatment, post-treatment, 3 mo. follow-up ]

The Family Needs Questionnaire (FNQ) is a widely used 40-item self-report questionnaire developed to measure family members' perceived needs after a family member sustains a brain injury. The items were designed to address diverse psychosocial and educational needs apparent in the acute and post-acute phases after injury. Family members rate the degree to which they perceive that each need has been met (not met, partly met, or met). A factor analytic investigation revealed six independent factors comprising six scales: Health Information, Emotional Support, Instrumental Support, Professional Support, Community Support Network, and Involvement with Care. The proportion of needs described as met (converted to a 10 point scale) was the primary family outcome measure.


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Information By: Virginia Commonwealth University

Dates:
Date Received: September 12, 2005
Date Started: January 2003
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Last Updated: July 29, 2013
Last Verified: July 2013