No impact of early intervention on late outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury. METHODS: Three hundred and twenty six patients underwent stratified randomization to an intervention group (n = 163) or a control group (n = 163). Every second patient was alloc...

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Autores principales: Heskestad, Ben, Waterloo, Knut, Baardsen, Roald, Helseth, Eirik, Romner, Bertil, Ingebrigtsen, Tor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-18-10
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury. METHODS: Three hundred and twenty six patients underwent stratified randomization to an intervention group (n = 163) or a control group (n = 163). Every second patient was allocated to the intervention group. Participants in this group were offered a cognitive oriented consultation two weeks after the injury, while subjects allocated to the control group were not. Both groups were invited to follow up 3 and 12 months after injury. RESULTS: A total of 50 (15%) patients completed the study (intervention group n = 22 (13%), control group n = 28 (17%), not significant). There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention group and the control group. CONCLUSIONS: There was no effect on outcomes from an early educational intervention two weeks after head injury.

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