Emotional Functioning after Acquired Brain Injury
University of Western Australia
Open to: People aged 18 or over with an acquired brain injury.
Deadline: 30 November 2023
Apply: You can take part by following this link
Contact: If you have any questions please contact Chloe Stevens at chloe.stevens@research.uwa.edu.au
Research participation requests are sent to the Stroke Association from external research institutions (e.g. universities and hospitals).
We conduct checks on these before promoting but are not involved in their running. This means we cannot comment on trials and have no affiliation with them.
If you have experienced a brain injury you're invited to participate in a research study being run by researchers at the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia.
Our team is investigating how emotional health is affected by brain injury and how this impacts relationships, quality of life and participation in the community.
This will help us understand how to improve the care of future patients undergoing rehabilitation by offering strategies to help improve emotional functioning.
This study involves completing a series of questionnaires, accessible via this link.
All participants are eligible to win a $100 (AUD) Visa debit card.
Research participation requests are sent to the Stroke Association from external research institutions (e.g. universities and hospitals).
We conduct checks on these before promoting but are not involved in their running. This means we cannot comment on trials and have no affiliation with them.
What is the opportunity about?
The purpose of this study is to investigate how differences in a person’s emotional functioning after sustaining a brain injury affects their quality of life, relationships, everyday functioning at work and at home, and participation in the community.
We hope this study will improve brain injury rehabilitation by offering strategies to help people with their emotional skills. This study is focused on adults, and you must be over the age of 18 years to take part.
What will it involve?
This study involves providing basic demographic information about yourself (i.e., age, gender, years of education) and your brain injury (i.e., when and how it occurred, the part of the head/brain involved), and completing some questionnaires about your emotional functioning, activities of daily living, psychological symptoms and quality of life.
Participation in this study will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete the whole survey.
We are also interested in understanding the perspective of a close relative or friend with regards to your emotional functioning and recovery.
At the end of the survey, you will be asked to nominate a study partner to complete questionnaires that ask about your recovery, emotional functioning and your ability to undertake activities of daily living such as managing tasks around the home.
This would take about 20 minutes, and you will not be able to see each other’s responses. The nomination of a study partner is voluntary and is not required for you to participate in this study.
Who can take part?
We invite you take part if you:
Are aged 18 or older
Have acquired an aquired brain injury (including stroke)
What will you get from taking part?
We hope that this study will improve the care of future patients undergoing brain injury rehabilitation by offering strategies to help people improve their emotional functioning.
Participants in this study will have the option to enter a draw to win a $100 visa debit card.
How can I take part?
You can find out more about the study and take part by following this link.
Information on taking part in research
Research participation helps research teams to test new ideas and approaches by sharing information or trying new approaches in clinical trials.
Taking part in clinical trials can support research to:
- Stop strokes from happening.
- Treat strokes.
- Support stroke survivors and their families to rebuild their lives.
By taking part in research, you can help us to learn more about stroke and make a difference in the lives of future stroke survivors.
Find out how our research has made a difference in the lives of people affected by stroke.
We have produced the Clinical Trials and Stroke booklet to explain more about clinical trials and answer questions you might have about taking part. The booklet was produced with the NIHR Clinical Research Network.