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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnt.2013.05.004
Traumatic head injury: Early intervention by coma arousal therapy
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Publication History
26 March 2013
10 May 2013
Publication Date:
06 April 2017 (online)
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Abstract
Objective
To find out efficacy and benefits of early intervention of Coma Arousal Therapy on patients with low GCS after sustaining Traumatic Head Injury.
Method
A total of 60 patients with Traumatic Head Injury were randomly selected. Both experimental group and control group had 30 patients each. Patients in experimental group (Group A) were given Coma Arousal Therapy while those in control group (Group B) did not receive any coma arousal therapy. Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) was assessed before and after 1 week and 2 weeks of protocol.
Results
The independent t-test was used for ‘between the group’ data analysis. Repeated measure ANOVA and Post hoc paired t-test were used for ‘within the group’ analysis. Group A, mean of CRS on 1st, 7th and 14th day of Coma Arousal Therapy was 2.05(±1.02), 4.78(±1.14) and 8.66(±1.36) respectively and for Group B was 2.06(±1.01), 2.87(±1.07) and 4.63(±2.12) respectively, which showed statistically significant improvement (p < 0.5). When compared between the groups, experimental group showed significant improvement.
Conclusion
The result of this study shows that Coma Arousal Therapy has significant effect on CRS in Traumatic Head Injury Patients when compared to the patients who did not receive Coma Arousal Therapy.
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