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Conditions
Brief summary
Aim: 1.To develop, implement and evaluate family interventions for supporting families of children with ABI in paediatric inpatient rehabilitation. 2.To compare outcomes of families who receive the family intervention to families who receive the “usual care” social work service during their child’s inpatient rehabilitation. Study Design: A sequential comparison group design. Procedure: Eligible participants will be invited to participate in the study at the time of their child’s admission to rehabilitation. During the child’s admission families will be recruited into the Comparison Group or Intervention Group and will receive “usual care” social work service or family intervention respectively. Participants will complete questionnaires at admission (T1), discharge (T2) and 6 weeks post discharge (T3). Data Analysis: The study will compare outcomes of the Intervention Group and Comparison Group at six weeks post discharge.
Interventions
The Intervention Group (n=25) will receive the Family Intervention Clinical Protocol. The protocol will be delivered by a Social Worker of the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) at The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH).
The protocol will provide a range of specialist ABI psycho-social social work services informed by family therapy frameworks. The interventions will be individually tailored to meet the low, medium and high support needs of families.
The Family Intervention
The Intervention Group (n=25) will receive the Family Intervention Clinical Protocol. The protocol will be delivered by a Social Worker of the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) at The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH). The protocol will provide a range of specialist ABI psycho-social social work services informed by family therapy frameworks. The interventions will be individually tailored to meet the low, medium and high support needs of families. The Family Intervention Clinical Protocol psychosocial interventions will include: 1. Counselling 2. Family Education relating to Paediatric ABI 3. Family Support Group The Intervention Group will have a “universal” referral to the VPRS Social Worker administering the protocol. The Intervention Group will attend one-hour sessions, twice a week, for each week during the child’s inpatient rehabilitation stay. The Intervention Group will also attend an inpatient group sessions that will run for 45 minutes duration, once a week.
Sponsors
The Royal Children's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
8 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Families of children aged 0-18 years who have sustained an ABI and admitted to inpatient rehabilitation following the initial onset of injury. The paediatric rehabilitation admission is projected to be a minimum of two weeks. 2. Families of children with a co-morbidity other than a pre-existing acquired brain injury.
Exclusion criteria
1. Families of children with a non-accidental ABI will not be included in this study, due to the complexity of the social circumstances surrounding the injury and likelihood of complex pre-existing psycho-social issues. 2. Families of children who already have a pre-existing acquired brain injury. 3.Families of children who are already patients of the VPRS and are re-admitted as inpatients for a block of therapy will not be included in the study. 4. Families of children who have an expected length of stay in the VPRS inpatient service for less than two weeks. 5.Families of children with ABI who are the patient of VPRS inpatient rehabilitation services. 6.Siblings of children with ABI who are aged between 0-7 years.
Outcome results
None listed