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Empowerment of personal injury victims.

Empowerment of personal injury victims through an internet intervention: A randomised controlled trial.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON24947
Enrollment
170
Registered
2010-06-04
Start date
2010-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Personal injury, Claims settlement, Secondary victimization, Perceived justice Wellbeing

Interventions

The intervention group will get access to an internet website (www.gripopmijnzaak.nl) providing an information module, an e-coach module and a frequently asked questions section. The information mod

Sponsors

VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Being a road traffic victim; 2. Accident happened less than two years ago; 3. Having access to the internet and an email address; 4. Being at least 18 years old; 5. Being fluent in Dutch language.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Empowerment (Mastery Scale by Pearlin and Schooler, 1978; 9 self developed self efficacy items about dealing with claims settlement, the injury and the accident) (T0, T3).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Perceived justice (Organizational Justice Questionnaire by Colquitt, 2001; 15 self developed additional perceived justice items about the compensation, the opposite party and the representative) (T0, T1, T2, T3); 2. Wellbeing (Vas scale of EuroQol by The EuroQol Group, 1990 (T0, T1, T2, T3); Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire by Terluin, 1996 (T0, T3)); 3. Stress (Perceived Stress Scale by Cohen e.a., 1983) (T0, T1, T2, T3); 4. Claim (1 self developed item about the estimated financial damage) (T2); 5. Knowledge (7 self deleloped knowledge items about claims settlement, the representative, the opposite party, social services, conflict sollutions and dealing with problems) (T0, T1, T2, T3). All measurements are online questionnaires, provided by NetQuestionnaire.

Contacts

Public ContactN.A. Elbers

De Boelelaan 1105, kamer 6A-39

n.elbers@rechten.vu.nl+31 (0) 20 - 598 62 82

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)