None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Fatigue is a common and persistent problem after brain injury. This study aims to look at whether group sessions focusing on increasing physical activity or fatigue management education can reduce levels of fatigue for people who have experienced a brain injury, in comparison to those receiving treatment as usual
Interventions
Arm 1 CBT based fatigue management education, one hour group based session held weekly for 6 weeks.
Arm 2 Activity coaching (an approach using techniques, such as motivational interviewing, problem identification, solution generation and goal setting, to increase motivation and identify activities that are meaningful and sustainable for the participant) one hour group based session held weekly for 6 weeks
Arm 3 Usual care
Sponsors
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
3-12 months post- (mild or moderate) TBI Experiencing moderate to severe fatigue as defined as a Fatigue Severity Scale score >3
Exclusion criteria
1) Significant impairments which preclude them from benefiting from the intervention; 2) Behaviour which would interfere with participation in a group setting; 3) Not fluent in English or have dysphasia; 4) They are medically unstable; 5) Participation in another study that may affect fatigue or add significantly to a participants burden; 6) Travel from their residence to the study centre for group meetings impacts fatigue to a level that precludes participation in group activities; or 7) Co-morbid condition that could impact results.
Outcome results
None listed