Modified Environment for Agitation in Patients With TBI (ABS)

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Agitated Behaviour; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Treatments: Behavioral: Multifactorial circadian concept

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02524067

ABS project

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examines the effect of an intervention consisting of dynamic circadian light and sound therapy, as well as systematic information on sleep pattern, agitated behavior and functioning level.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with moderate and severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Diagnosed with Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) lower than 13-

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with psychiatric diagnose and not speaking danish -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: Circadian lighting, systematic information, music, foreclosure of the individual patient

Treatment:

Behavioral: Multifactorial circadian concept