Project Type:
CollaborativeLead Center:
Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury SystemPrincipal Investigator Name:
Cindy Harrison-Felix, PhDPrincipal Investigator Email:
charrison-felix@craighospital.orgStart Date:
10/01/2018End Date:
09/30/2023Participating Centers:
- University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- South Florida Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI
- Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System
- Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Rusk Rehabilitation TBIMS at NYU Langone Health and Bellevue Hospital
- North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Texas TBI Model System of TIRR
- Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System
- Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System
- JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Target Population(s):
All participants have sustained a moderate to severe TBI and are now being followed at the collaborating centers as part of the TBIMS NDB which is a study collecting observational data after TBI.Project Website:
TBINDSC: Chronic Pain and Traumatic Brain InjuryAbstract:
The goal of this TBIMS collaborative study is to examine chronic pain and pain treatment after moderate to severe TBI in order to improve the health and function of these individuals, which through improved patient stratification and treatment guidelines, could lead to improved participation and employment. The specific aims of this study are: 1) Determine chronic pain classification, prevalence, location, duration, and associations with demographic, injury severity, current level of functioning, and comorbidities in participants followed in the TBIMS National Database; 2) Identify and compare chronic pain extreme phenotype characteristics across two outcomes – impact of chronic pain on daily life and overall perceptions of improvement; and 3) Identify treatment practices by clinicians who treat comorbid TBI and chronic pain to determine gaps in availability/accessibility of multidisciplinary pain treatment, highlighting underserved populations where applicable.