Rehabilitation, Education, and SElf-management for Adolescents After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Mindfulness-based intervention: The mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) is delivered via a smartphone application called Dawn. The MBI consists of 8-week MBI program developed to meet the needs of adolescents post-concussion/mTBI. The intervention includes audio-recorded psychoeducation and guided mindfulness exercises. The goal of this intervention is to support better coping with symptoms.

Health Education: The health education program is delivered via a smartphone application called Dawn. It is an 8-week program designed to deliver information about health behaviors (e.g., sleep, exercise, nutrition, social support) that is inline with clinical practice guidelines for adolescents post-concussion/mTBI. The intervention includes audio-recorded psychoeducation and health behavior tracking exercises. The goal of this intervention is to provide a credible, time- and attention-matched control group.

Study summary

Concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a major public health concern. Most adolescents will recover from mTBI without complication; however, a sizeable minority experience symptoms that last more than one most post-injury (i.e., persisting symptoms after concussion). Few evidence-based treatments exist for adolescents with persisting symptoms after concussion. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective for treating a wide range of mental and physical health conditions that overlap with post-concussion symptoms. Participants will participate in an 8-week smartphone app-based MBI or a health education program as a control. The study will determine the practicality of doing a larger study to evaluate the effectiveness of the MBI by assessing participants' level of interest, view of intervention helpfulness, and their completion of all the components of the study.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Eligibility — pre-enrollment
  % screened that are eligible
• Recruitment rate — at randomization
  % eligible participants randomized
• Treatment Adherence — post-intervention questionnaires (Week 8)
  % participants who complete 70% of the intervention
• Retention — post-intervention questionnaires (Week 8)
  % participants who complete follow-up assessment

Trial sites (1)

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