Facilitating return to work through early specialist health-based interventions (FRESH): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trialTools Radford, Kathryn A., Phillips, Julie, Jones, Trevor, Gibson, Ali, Sutton, Chris, Watkins, Caroline, Sach, Tracey, Duley, Lelia, Walker, Marion, Drummond, Avril, Hoffman, Karen, O’Connor, Rory, Forshaw, Denise and Shakespeare, David (2015) Facilitating return to work through early specialist health-based interventions (FRESH): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1 . p. 24. ISSN 2055-5784 Full text not available from this repository.AbstractBackground: Over one million people sustain traumatic brain injury each year in the UK and more than 10 % of these are moderate or severe injuries, resulting in cognitive and psychological problems that affect the ability to work. Returning to work is a primary rehabilitation goal but fewer than half of traumatic brain injury survivors achieve this. Work is a recognised health service outcome, yet UK service provision varies widely and there is little robust evidence to inform rehabilitation practice. A single-centre cohort comparison suggested better work outcomes may be achieved through early occupational therapy targeted at job retention. This study aims to determine whether this intervention can be delivered in three new trauma centres and to conduct a feasibility, randomised controlled trial to determine whether its effects and cost effectiveness can be measured to inform a definitive trial.
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