Early Rehabilitation of Patients With Posttraumatic Amnesia

Early Rehabilitation of Patients With Posttraumatic Amnesia. A Clinical Controlled Investigation of the Effect of a Nursing Programme in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Care

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00476528

Enrollment

Registered

2007-05-22

Start date

2007-09-30

Completion date

2010-09-30

Last updated

2010-08-10

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Conditions

Amnesia

Keywords

Posttraumatic amnesia, Early intervention, A systematic nursing programme in the ICU, Early identification of patients with posttraumatic amnesia

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a systematic intervention with early identifying of patients with posttraumatic amnesia using a reality orientation therapy can reduce the period with posttraumatic amnesia in order to get a better outcome for patients with traumatic brain injury

Detailed description

1. A systematic review with the latest investigation and treatment of patients with posttraumatic amnesia 2. Investigate the effect of a systematic nursing programme on the length of posttraumatic amnesia 3. Investigate the effect of a systematic nursing programme after 12 month 4. Describe perspectives for the future within the early rehabilitation of patients with posttraumatic amnesia

Interventions

BEHAVIORALReality Orientation

Two matched groups of patients diagnosed with TBI are selected from two university hospitals. In addition to conventional treatment, patients in one group are introduced to a reality- orientation programme consisting of systematic orientation, information, and systematic cooperation with the patient´s relatives.Patients in the other group receive conventional treatment only. All patients are tested on a daily basis in accordance with the RLAS and the GOAT test.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients should be able to speak and understand danish * Patients with traumatic brain injury * A verified brain injury at the CT scanning

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with medical illness * Patients with other neurological illness * Patients with neuroinfections meningitic, encephalitic * Patients who does not understand and speaks danish

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of posttraumatic amnesia Results of score with RLAS, GOAT, GOSE and LOS	12month

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026