Caregiving for Individuals with Chronic Illness or Injury

Intensive Cross Cutting Lightning Round

Feasibility of Early Problem-Solving Training for Care Partners of Individuals With Traumatic Injuries or Stroke (624369)

Presenting Author(s)

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  Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC

  Assistant Professor
  UT Southwestern
  Dallas, Texas

Author(s)

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  Candice Osborne, PhD, MPH, OTR

  Assistant Professor
  Univerisity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  dallas, Texas
• CK

  Chung Lin (Novelle) Kew, MS

  PhD Student
  UT Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas
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  Andrew Nabasny, MS

  Doctoral Student
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas
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  Kathleen Bell, MD

  Professor and Chair
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas

We will present our pilot study data on the feasibility of recruiting for and deliverying Problem Solving Training to care partners of adults with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn injury, or stroke during the care recipient's inpatient hospital stay.  We will describe our ability to recruit participants, the number of PST sessions completed prior to discharge, participant satisfaction (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire; CSQ), and participant engagement (Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale; PRPS).  Finally, we will make recommendations for improving recruitment and intervention delivery in future studies.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the feasibility of Problem-Solving Training, a metacognitive self-management intervention, for care partners of adults with traumatic injuries or stroke during the care recipient's hospital stay.
• Describe the barriers care partners identify as keeping them from participating in a problem-solving intervention during their care recipient's inpatient hospital stay.
• Describe care partners' satisfaction with and engagement in a problem-solving intervention to address self-selected problems during their care recipient's hospital stay.