Improving Work Outcomes for Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury

United States Department of Defense

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Supported employment plus cognitive training; Behavioral: Enhanced supported employment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00704067

PT075291

Details and patient eligibility

About

The 12-month study will investigate a cognitive training augmentation of supported employment to improve cognitive performance and work outcomes, which are expected to result in improved quality of life and community integration for veterans with mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries. The primary hypothesis is that compared to veterans who receive enhanced supported employment, those who receive supported employment plus cognitive training will work more weeks during the 12 months.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• OEF/OIF veteran
• History of mild-to-moderate TBI (loss of consciousness <6 hours; post-traumatic amnesia <7 days)
• Documented impairment in at least one neuropsychological domain
• Unemployed, but stating a goal of work
• Written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Current alcohol/substance abuse or dependence
• Participation in other intervention studies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Supported employment for 12 months plus cognitive training for the first 12 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Supported employment plus cognitive training

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Supported employment for 12 months plus one additional supported employment session per week for the first 12 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Enhanced supported employment