Exercise CircuitsGoal SettingPsychoeducation-YouthPsychoeducation-CaregiverWaitlist Control Surveys
Exercise Circuits: Weekly exercise circuits with a focus on strength, balance, cardiovascular fitness, and coordination
Goal Setting: Goal setting focused on the management of persistent post concussion symptoms, exercise, and engagement in daily activities
Psychoeducation-Youth: Targeted educational sessions with a focus on the physical, cognitive, and psychological implications of persistent post-concussion symptoms.
Psychoeducation-Caregiver: Psychoeducational sessions focused on social support, in addition to addressing the implications of caring for youth experiencing persistent post concussion symptoms
Waitlist Control Surveys: Surveys completed in week 1, and 8 for a subset of participants who are not involved in the study intervention to mirror study timeline and serve as control data for outcome measures assessed during experimental intervention
Study summary
Move\&Connect is an interdisciplinary group-based program co-designed with youth and caregivers that provides skills training, mental health support, and psychoeducation to caregivers and combines these tenets with active rehabilitation for youth with concussion.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
8 Years
Max age
21 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria Youth:
* Between the ages of 8-21 years old with capacity to provide consent/assent.
* Diagnosed with a concussion by a physician or nurse practitioner and are experiencing concussion symptoms for ≥ 4 weeks post concussion.
* Willing to engage in weekly sessions
* Have access to reliable internet connection.
Inclusion Criteria Caregivers:
* Caregiver to youth experiencing PPCS
* Fluent in English
* Have the capacity to consent
* Have access to a reliable internet connection.
Exclusion Criteria Youth:
* Unable to read and speak English
* Unable to provide informed consent.
* Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a physical disability (requiring a-mobility device) and and/or intellectual disabilities.
* Diagnosed with a functional neurological disorder (e.g. conversion disorder, somatization, personality disorder) or an acute psychiatric condition (e.g. schizophrenia, suicidality, or a recent hospital admission for another psychiatric condition).
Exclusion Criteria Caregivers:
• Diagnosed with an acute psychiatric condition that resulted in a recent hospital admission (e.g. schizophrenia, suicidality, etc.).
Primary outcome measure(s)
Change from baseline Canadian Occupational Performance Measure at 8 weeks and 3-month follow up — Baseline, 8 weeks, 3-month follow-up An evidence-based outcome measure designed to capture a client's self-perception of performance in everyday living (satisfaction in self-care, productivity and leisure). It assists therapists in using a client-centred approach to service delivery by indicating the family's priorities.
Change from baseline Health and Behavior Inventory at 8-weeks and 3-month follow up — Baseline, 8 Weeks, 3-month follow-up A 20-item self-report form that focuses on concussion symptoms in the cognitive, emotional, and somatic domains. Questions are scored on a scale from 0-3 with higher scores indicating higher symptom frequency.
Change from baseline Family Assessment Device-General Functioning at 8-weeks and 3-month follow up — Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 month follow-up A 12-item measure of family functioning. Each item is a statement about a family and participants rate how well it describes their own family. Each item is scored based on the level of agreement with each statement with four options from strongly agree, to strongly disagree
Change from baseline Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Bank v1.0- Depression at 8-weeks and 3-month follow up — Baseline, 8 weeks, 3-month follow-up A 28-item self-report form that focuses on negative mood, social cognition and decreased positive affect and engagement. Each item is scored on a scale from 1-5 with higher scores indicating increased frequency of depressive symptoms
Change from baseline Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Bank v1.0- Anxiety at 8-weeks and 3-month follow up — Baseline, 8 weeks, 3-month follow-up A 29-item self-report form that focuses on feelings of fear, anxiousness, hyperarousal, and somatic symptoms related to arousal. Each item is scored on a scale from 1-5 with higher scores indicating increased frequency of symptoms of anxiety
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
East York
Ontario
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