Physical based leisure activities following childhood ABI
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Participating in physical based leisure activities: The experiences of young people with moderate/severe acquired brain injury (ABI)
IRAS ID
236892
Contact name
Gemma Kelly
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Children's Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Not applicable, Not applicable
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in childhood can affect how young people move, think, communicate, learn and behave. Studies have shown that young people with ABI participate in far fewer leisure activities than their age matched peers. It is thought that this is due to both factors related to the young person (e.g. how they are able to move, or their motivation) and the environment around them (e.g. whether they can physically access the room to do the activity or whether they have people to support them). Given that it is known that participating in physical leisure activities is important to a young person’s physical and emotional well-being, as well as their development, it is essential that the reasons why children do, or do not participate in physical based leisure activities are following ABI understood. This will increase professionals understanding, and help them to develop resources to support access to physical based leisure activities after ABI. Young people with ABI, and their families feel that this is a valuable topic to study, as returning to these physical based activities is important to them.
This study will use interviews to explore how young people make decisions about whether to take part in physical based activities after their brain injury. Young people who sustained brain injuries between the ages of 11 and 17, and received rehabilitation services from The Children's Trust will be invited to take part. They will have been discharged home between 1 and 3 years ago. They will have an interview that lasts between 20 and 40 minutes, at the participants home, and will focus on how they made the decision regarding whether to engage in physical based activities or not, and why.
REC name
South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SC/0622
Date of REC Opinion
23 Nov 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion