At-Home Rehabilitation for Concussion Study
A research team, led by principal investigators Mark Bayley at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Noah Silverberg at the University of British Columbia, is studying which kinds of behavioural interventions may help people get better after concussion. The goal of this research study is to evaluate and compare different behavioural intervention programs for concussion. Each program will be delivered remotely, meaning that you can participate from your own home, using your smartphone or computer.
To be eligible for this study, you must:
• Be between the ages of 18-70 years old
• Sustained a concussion between 1 month and 24 months (2 years) ago
• Feel comfortable reading and communicating in English (as this is how all our measures are worded)
• Have accessto a stable internet connection and have access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone device.
• Be between the ages of 18-70 years old
• Sustained a concussion between 1 month and 24 months (2 years) ago
• Feel comfortable reading and communicating in English (as this is how all our measures are worded)
• Have accessto a stable internet connection and have access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone device.
Briefly, this is what you will be asked to do to be involved in the study, if you are found to be eligible to participate:
1. Go to the Hull Ellis Concussion and Research Clinic, (Toronto Rehab-University, East Wing, 10th floor, room 200) for an initial detailed assessment. This will take about 2 hours.
2. Complete 1 of 3 different programs designed to help improve your concussion recovery. You will be put into 1 of the 3 programs at random, like rolling a dice. These programs last up to 12 weeks in total.
3. Complete an outcome assessment to see how you are doing after the treatment.
2. Complete 1 of 3 different programs designed to help improve your concussion recovery. You will be put into 1 of the 3 programs at random, like rolling a dice. These programs last up to 12 weeks in total.
3. Complete an outcome assessment to see how you are doing after the treatment.
If you think you may be eligible and would like to be contacted by the research team, please fill in the contact form/give permission for your contact details to be shared with the research team. They will contact you to schedule an eligibility screen, which will be a 10-15 minute phone call with a research assistant, asking you some questions to see if you meet the criteria to be included in this study.
Contact form: https://redcap.link/consent_to_contact
Study website: https://blogs.ubc.ca/arcstudy/
Version 1.1, September 25, 2023