Re-Inventing Yourself After Spinal Cord Injury



Status:Completed
Conditions:Hospital, Orthopedic
Therapuetic Areas:Orthopedics / Podiatry, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 100
Updated:2/3/2018
Start Date:April 2012
End Date:September 2017

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Re-Inventing Yourself After SCI: A Site-Specific Randomized Clinical Trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a replicable, psychologically-based
group education intervention, Re-Inventing Yourself after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), which
aims to enhance personal self-efficacy. A structured six-week, manualized, group therapy
intervention that delivers positive psychology concepts within a cognitive-behavioral
therapy-based model has been created for the purpose of developing a resilient and optimistic
sense of efficacy for people with SCI. Concepts covered within this intervention include:
reframing and restructuring a person's method of looking at events, building confidence by
focusing on personal strengths, developing methods of recognizing and appreciating the good
in one's life and expressing gratitude for positive attributes. The goals of this
intervention are to increase personal self-efficacy, enhance emotional well-being and improve
participation in society for people with SCI living in the community. The investigators
hypothesize that persons receiving the intervention will demonstrate improved SCI-specific
and overall self-efficacy as compared to waitlist controls.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. History of traumatic SCI at any level;

2. at least 4 weeks post-discharge from initial inpatient rehabilitation;

3. 18 years of age or older at the time of study enrollment;

4. English speaking in order to complete study measures and participate in group
interactions; and

5. able to provide informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of moderate or severe traumatic brain injury;

2. current participation in another RCT;

3. live beyond a reasonable commuting distance from Craig Hospital;

4. unable to verbally communicate;

5. unable to attend group sessions;

6. active participation in another formal clinical group or psychological therapy;

7. are currently experiencing moderately severe or greater levels of depression which
would require more intense treatment than is provided in this intervention, as
evidenced by a score of 15 or higher on the Personal Health Questionnaire-9;37

8. are currently of high self efficacy, as determined by a score of 90 or higher on the
MSES,32 which has a range of 16 to 112, with higher scores representing higher
SCI-specific self-efficacy; or

9. have any condition that, in the judgment of the investigators, precludes successful
participation in the study.
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Englewood, Colorado 80113
Phone: 303-789-8306
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