@article{ref1,
title="Efficacy and acceptability of a home-based, family-inclusive intervention for veterans with TBI: a randomized controlled trial",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2016",
author="Winter, Laraine and Moriarty, Helene J. and Robinson, Keith and Piersol, Catherine V. and Vause-Earland, Tracey and Newhart, Brian and Iacovone, Delores Blazer and Hodgson, Nancy and Gitlin, Laura N.",
volume="30",
number="4",
pages="373-387",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often undermines community re-integration, impairs functioning and produces other symptoms. This study tested an innovative programme for veterans with TBI, the Veterans' In-home Programme (VIP), delivered in veterans' homes, involving a family member and targeting the environment (social and physical) to promote community re-integration, mitigate difficulty with the most troubling TBI symptoms and facilitate daily functioning. SETTING: Interviews and intervention sessions were conducted in homes or by telephone. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-one veterans with TBI at a VA polytrauma programme and a key family member. <br><br>DESIGN: This was a 2-group randomized controlled trial. Control-group participants received usual-care enhanced by two attention-control telephone calls. Follow-up interviews occurred up to 4 months after baseline interview. MAIN MEASURES: VIP's efficacy was evaluated using measures of community re-integration, target outcomes reflecting veterans' self-identified problems and self-rated functional competence. <br><br>RESULTS: At follow-up, VIP participants had significantly higher community re-integration scores and less difficulty managing targeted outcomes, compared to controls. Self-rated functional competence did not differ between groups. In addition, VIP's acceptability was high. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A home-based, family-inclusive service for veterans with TBI shows promise for improving meaningful outcomes and warrants further research and clinical application.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.3109/02699052.2016.1144080",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2016.1144080"
}