Assessing a Co-Design Project to Enhance Sexuality Support for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury

The clinician co-designed intervention consists of a staff e-learning module and other relevant clinician and patient-facing resources (e.g., trifold patient brochure, modified case conference team meeting form, and clinician-directed infographic) on the topic of sexuality after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The goal of the intervention is to improve sexuality support for patients at the Epworth acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation unit such that clinicians will attempt to address sexuality with patients on a routine basis. The e-learning module is anticipated to take 30 minutes to complete and will touch on topics including foundational knowledge of sexuality and practical information on how to address sexuality within the Epworth acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation unit. The mode of information delivery used in the module will primarily be in the text form and interactive activities with text. Short videos and animated videos may be used. This staff e-learning module was co-designed through earlier focus group sessions with clinicians working at the ABI rehabilitation unit and will be further developed for release through continued collaboration with staff members. The content of this e-learning module will be supported by empirically validated research on sexuality after TBI (Deschênes et al., 2019; Downing et al., 2018; Fraser et al., 2020; Fraser et al., 2024; Hwang et al., 2021; Hwang et al., 2024; Patsakos et al., 2024). All clinical staff members of the rehabilitation unit, new and existing, will be required to undergo this mandatory e-learning module. To monitor adherence to the intervention, the Epworth e-learning team will keep track of completion status amongst employed staff members through website analytics.