Improving well-being after traumatic brain injury through volunteering: a randomized controlled trial
Brain injury, 2020•Taylor & Francis
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of a novel intervention facilitating volunteer activity to
improve well-being in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Randomized two-
arm controlled trial, with a wait-list control condition (ClinicalTrials. gov NCT# 01728350).
Setting Community-based setting. Participants Seventy-four community-dwelling individuals
at least 1-year post TBI, who had completed inpatient or outpatient TBI rehabilitation.
Interventions A novel intervention, HOPE–Helping Others through Purpose and …
improve well-being in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Randomized two-
arm controlled trial, with a wait-list control condition (ClinicalTrials. gov NCT# 01728350).
Setting Community-based setting. Participants Seventy-four community-dwelling individuals
at least 1-year post TBI, who had completed inpatient or outpatient TBI rehabilitation.
Interventions A novel intervention, HOPE–Helping Others through Purpose and …
Objective
To evaluate the efficacy of a novel intervention facilitating volunteer activity to improve well-being in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design
Randomized two-arm controlled trial, with a wait-list control condition (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT#01728350).
Setting
Community-based setting.
Participants
Seventy-four community-dwelling individuals at least 1-year post TBI, who had completed inpatient or outpatient TBI rehabilitation.
Interventions
A novel intervention, HOPE – Helping Others through Purpose and Engagement, involving orientation/training and a 3-month volunteer placement for the participant, along with training for community agencies regarding TBI.
Main outcome measure(s
): Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS); Flourishing Scale (FS); Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18); Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE); Purpose in Life subscale (one of six in the Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being – 54 item version).
Results
There were significantly greater improvements in life satisfaction (SWLS) and self-perceived success (FS) in the intervention group compared to the control group. There were no significant treatment effects on the additional secondary measures of well-being, although they trended in a positive direction.
Conclusions
This study supports our primary hypothesis that individuals who take part in a volunteer intervention will demonstrate greater psychological well-being in comparison to a control group.
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