Interventions for fatigue management after traumatic brain injury

Abstract

To assess the evidence for the efficacy of methods of fatigue management in the treatment of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), when compared to placebo intervention, no treatment (for example, usual care) or other types of intervention.

Complementary and alternative interventions for fatigue management after traumatic brain injury: a systematic review

“…Despite the high occurrence and enduring nature of fatigue complaints after TBI and the trials using complementary and alternative interventions that show promising preliminary findings, the most effective strategies for PTBIF treatment are not yet established. A systematic review of the literature on fatigue management currently being undertaken suggests there are few high-quality studies on effective PTBIF interventions [Hicks et al 2007]. While Cantor and colleagues previously conducted a systematic review of interventions for fatigue after TBI, they included both RCTs and non-RCTs [Cantor et al 2014].…”

An Evaluation of a Fatigue Management Intervention for People with Acquired Brain Injury: An Exploratory Study

“…The search terms were brain injury and fatigue, head injury and fatigue, stroke and fatigue, fatigue and assessment, brain injury and sleep and various combinations of fatigue, treatment, management and energy conservation. This search found no studies on the non-medical treatment of fatigue following brain injury, a finding further supported in a recent Cochrane protocol for a review of this topic (Hicks et al 2007). Therefore, the parameters were widened to include a review of the management of fatigue in other neurological conditions, such as multiple sclerosis and chronic fatigue syndrome, for which fatigue management (or 'energy conservation') interventions appear better established.…”