Status:
TERMINATED
Weighted Blankets After Brain Injury
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Conditions:
Acquired Brain Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A non-blinded randomised controlled feasibility study of weighted blankets to help agitation and disturbed sleep after brain injury. This is a single centre study based in a community hospital in the ...
Detailed Description
A non-blinded randomised controlled feasibility study of weighted blankets to help agitation and disturbed sleep after brain injury. This is a single centre study based in a community hospital in the ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Subjects capable of giving informed consent, or if appropriate, subjects having an acceptable individual capable of giving assent on the subject's behalf
- Aged over 18 years
- Admitted to King's Lodge Neurorehabilitation Unit for inpatient rehabilitation after a brain injury
- Within weight limits to be suitable for weighted blanket use
- Exclusion Criteria
- On end of life pathway
- Pain which could be exacerbated by weighted blanket
- Unable to remove
- Presence of open wound / pressure sore
- Allergy to blanket material
- Participant or consultee unable or unwilling to give informed consent / assent
- Known respiratory disorder such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obstructive sleep apnoea which could be exacerbated by use of heavy blanket over chest
- Claustrophobia
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 11 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 16 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04860973
Start Date
February 11 2021
End Date
May 16 2023
Last Update
August 22 2023
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Derby, United Kingdom, DE22 3NE