Effectiveness of Communication-specific Coping Intervention for adults with traumatic brain injury: preliminary results

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Author	Douglas, Jacinta M. Knox, Lucy Maio, Carren De Bridge, Helen Drummond, Melanie Whiteoak, Joanne
Copyright Year	2016
Description	Journal: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) describe everyday interactions as a long-term challenge frequently associated with ongoing stress. Communication-specific Coping Intervention (CommCope-I) is a new treatment developed to target coping in the context of communication breakdown. The intervention incorporates principles of cognitive behavioural therapy, self-coaching and context-sensitive social communication therapy. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of CommCope-I in a group of adults with severe TBI and ongoing functional communication difficulties. Participants were 13 adults with severe TBI (GCS = 3–8; mean age = 35.2 years; mean time post-injury = 7.6 years). The project involved three phases: (1) Control/pre-intervention wait phase (multiple assessments), (2) Treatment (6 weeks), and (3) Follow-up (12 weeks). Repeated measures ANOVA with planned pairwise comparisons were used to test the significance of change. Intervention elicited statistically significant improvements in communication-specific coping, functional communication and stress that were maintained for three months. Improved use of communication-specific coping strategies was evident in clinician blind ratings. Clients reported significant reduction in stress at the end of treatment and one and three months later. This intervention provides a promising means of improving communication-specific coping and reducing communication dysfunction and its negative consequences for people with TBI.
Related Links	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09602011.2016.1259114?needAccess=true
Ending Page	91
Page Count	19
Starting Page	73
ISSN	09602011
e-ISSN	14640694
DOI	10.1080/09602011.2016.1259114
Journal	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	29
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2016-11-30
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Audiology and Language Brain Injury Communication Intervention
Content Type	Text
Subject	Arts and Humanities Rehabilitation Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Applied Psychology