Project Type
modular
Project Start Date
09/30/2017
Project End Date
09/29/2022

The Spaulding-Harvard TBI Model System is leading a multi-center module study, in concert with the Indiana TBIMS, TIRR TBIMS, Tampa VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC), and Richmond VA PRC, that will develop and test the feasibility of a telephone-based structured caregiver interview (ie, “Post-Acute Survey on Severe Disability after TBI (PASSD-TBI).” The PASSD-TBI will provide an efficient means of obtaining long-term outcome data on persons with prolonged DoC, identify favorable and unfavorable influences on caregiving activities and increase knowledge of caregiver burden. If the results of the pilot study are favorable, the PASSD-TBI will be nominated for inclusion in the TBIMS National Database.