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

Ben Heskestad; Knut Waterloo; Roald Baardsen; Eirik Helseth; Bertil Romner; Tor Ingebrigtsen

doi:10.1186/1757-7241-18-10

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

Ben Heskestad, Knut Waterloo, Roald Baardsen, Eirik Helseth, Bertil Romner, Tor Ingebrigtsen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	10
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-18-10
Publication status	Published - 24 Feb 2010
Externally published	Yes

Access to Document

10.1186/1757-7241-18-10

Cite this

@article{c5ee6e91940347e5b026740d01d28561,

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

abstract = "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.",

author = "Ben Heskestad and Knut Waterloo and Roald Baardsen and Eirik Helseth and Bertil Romner and Tor Ingebrigtsen",

year = "2010",

month = feb,

day = "24",

doi = "10.1186/1757-7241-18-10",

language = "English",

volume = "18",

pages = "1--5",

journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine",

issn = "1757-7241",

publisher = "Springer, Springer Nature",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - No impact of early intervention on late outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury

AU - Heskestad, Ben

AU - Waterloo, Knut

AU - Baardsen, Roald

AU - Helseth, Eirik

AU - Romner, Bertil

AU - Ingebrigtsen, Tor

PY - 2010/2/24

Y1 - 2010/2/24

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77952498283

U2 - 10.1186/1757-7241-18-10

DO - 10.1186/1757-7241-18-10

M3 - Article

C2 - 20181239

AN - SCOPUS:77952498283

SN - 1757-7241

VL - 18

SP - 1

EP - 5

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

M1 - 10

ER -

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

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this