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

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    University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust

    Derby, United Kingdom, DE22 3NE