Community-based Occupational Therapy Intervention on Mental Health for People With Acquired Brain Injury (COT-MHABI)
Acquired Brain Injury, Mental Health Issue
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Acquired Brain Injury
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Adults with a diagnosis of medium or severe ABI and a diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder following ABI (as recognised in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5); by definition: evidence of significant cognitive decline from pre-ABI level in one or more cognitive domains (attention, executive function, learning and memory, perceptual-motor ability or social cognition).
It may occur with or without behavioural impairment (apathy, mood disturbance, irritability, disinhibition, psychotic symptoms, etc.)).
This population (A) show difficulties in occupational participation with respect to the pre-ABI situation and present needs for support, counselling and/or specific therapeutic intervention; (B) are in a situation of hospital discharge from ABI specialisation units; (C) are domiciled in the same province to which the providing hospital belongs. In addition, they may or may not have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder other than neurocognitive disorder, either prior or subsequent to the ABI.
Exclusion criteria:
Persons will be excluded if (A) they are in a situation of symptomatological destabilisation of severe functional impairment that, as a priority, requires continued support from specialised mental health units, psychiatric or social-health care admission; and/or (B) they are unable to determine for themselves (for cognitive reasons or by conscious choice) any problem in at least one occupational area.
Sites / Locations
- Institut Guttmann Neurorehabilitation HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Community-based Occupational Therapy
Standard community-based intervention
Experimental study group that will receive a domiciliary and community-based occupational therapy on mental health, developed on the basis of the Model Of Human Occupation.
Control group of the study that will receive community-based interventions, public or private level (e.g. community nursing, social education and/or psychology).