Implementation of an online service delivery model for a social communication skills training intervention for adults with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their caregivers

Project Member(s): Power, E., Miao, M.

Funding or Partner Organisation: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship)
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship)

Start year: 2020

Summary: This research uses best evidence, theoretical knowledge and stakeholder input to implement an online digital health solution for people with communication disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers. It aims to 1) preserve the therapeutic content of an efficacious telehealth intervention but 2) enhance the delivery mechanisms through a time-effective, worldwide, asynchronous online platform, 3) examine the benefits of integrated peer group support through online peer interaction tools, and 4) combine this with knowledge of how the implementation could be scaled up in a manner that is feasible and accessible for people with TBI, their caregivers and clinicians.

Publications:

Miao, M, Debono, D, Power, E, Rietdijk, R, Brunner, M & Togher, L 2023, 'Digital Health Interventions for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury and Their Close Others: Implementation, Scalability, and Sustainability in the COVID-19 Context', Stud Health Technol Inform, vol. 304, pp. 96-100.
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Miao, M, Rietdijk, R, Brunner, M, Debono, D, Togher, L & Power, E 2022, 'Implementation of Web-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Adults With Acquired Brain Injury and Their Caregivers: Systematic Review', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. e38100-e38100.
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Miao, M, Power, E, Rietdijk, R, Brunner, M & Togher, L 2021, 'Implementation of online psychosocial interventions for people with neurological conditions and their caregivers: A systematic review protocol', DIGITAL HEALTH, vol. 7, pp. 205520762110359-205520762110359.
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Miao, M, Power, E, Rietdijk, R, Brunner, M, Debono, D & Togher, L 2021, 'A Web-Based Service Delivery Model for Communication Training After Brain Injury: Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Prospective, Hybrid Type 2 Implementation-Effectiveness Study', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. e31995-e31995.
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FOR Codes: Health, Medical And Health Sciences, Rehabilitation, People with disability, Rural and remote health services

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.