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The broad aim of the proposed study is to evaluate the comprehensive benefit of a novel mind-body therapeutic intervention, Mind-Body Bridging (MBB), in Veterans who suffer from mTBI and sleep disturbance co-morbid with PTSD and/or pain at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS). Evidence for comprehensive benefit includes, but is not limited to, the average difference in outcomes between MBB and an active control, sleep education (SED), both integrated with the usual care for mTBI Veterans. The long-term goal of the proposed project is to introduce, implement and establish mind-body intervention programs as a behavioral health intervention modality that would serve as a generally sustainable health care intervention program before, during, and after deployment for military personnel.


Clinical Trial Description

Traumatic brain injury represents a dynamic spectrum of physiologic and cognitive dysfunction that exerts effects at multiple levels of human health. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a multi-factorial illness that is an increasingly serious public health issue for military and civilian personnel. The assessment of neurocognitive deficits in mTBI has been suggested to be less conclusive, presumably because of the predominating influence of PTSD and other co-morbid factors. Recent research suggests that psychological factors play a substantial role in TBI-related impairments in self-reported health and cognition function. Furthermore, research has shown that TBI is rarely an isolated finding in military combat settings and that persistent post-concussive symptoms are commonly associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, a constellation of findings that has been termed the "polytrauma clinical triad". Indeed, significant numbers of returning Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) display the polytrauma clinical triad (PCT) of pain, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and traumatic brain injury. The proposed project will: 1) elucidate best practices for treating mTBI with co-occurring symptoms (pain, sleep disturbance, PTSD) encompassing cognitive, emotional, and psychological functioning; and 2) address psychosocial aspects of managing pain and co-morbidities associated with mTBI through integrative and complementary and alternative approaches. ;


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NCT number NCT01975857
Study type Interventional
Source University of Utah
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 2013
Completion date February 2019

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