Rehabilitation Team Functioning and Patient Outcomes - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Department of Veterans Affairs
Information provided by:	Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00237757

Purpose

The purpose of the study is to determine if 1. Rehabilitation staff can be trained to work better together as a team; and 2. Better team work improves patient outcomes.

Condition	Intervention
Stroke	Behavioral: Information feedback

MedlinePlus related topics: Rehabilitation

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Dose Comparison, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Rehabilitation Team Functioning and Patient Outcomes

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The primary patient outcome was the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). FIM data was collected for 1 year beginning approximately 6 months after the intervention workshop.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Secondary outcomes are “discharge home” and “length of stay. These data, along with the FIM are part of the Functional Status Outcomes Database, a national rehabilitation outcomes data base.

Estimated Enrollment:	30
Study Start Date:	January 2002
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2005

Detailed Description:

The benefits of team treatment are widely accepted. Prior research has shown that how rehabilitation teams go about their work makes a difference in the patients they treat. However, there is little information about what, specifically, the team does that results in patients who are able to do more for themselves. This study used workshops to train rehabilitation staff. Patients treated by trained teams were compared with patients treated by teams that did not have workshop training.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Randomized, controlled subjects were VA inpatient rehabilitation teams. Secondary data included telephone surveys from discharged patients treated by the rehabilitation teams.

Exclusion Criteria:

No exclusions

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00237757

Locations

United States, Georgia
Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center
Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30033

Sponsors and Collaborators

Department of Veterans Affairs

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Dale C. Strasser, MD

Atlanta VAMC and Birmingham GRECC

More Information

Publications indexed to this study:

Strasser DC, Falconer JA, Stevens AB, Uomoto JM, Herrin J, Bowen SE, Burridge AB. Team training and stroke rehabilitation outcomes: a cluster randomized trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Jan;89(1):10-5.

Study ID Numbers:	O3225R
Study First Received:	October 7, 2005
Last Updated:	October 7, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00237757
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Treatment outcomes
Rehabilitation outcomes
Patient Care Team

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Cerebral Infarction
Stroke

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009