Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Brief Intervention to Improve Adherence in Teens With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Brief Summary: This project will test if a phone intervention can improve the medicine-taking behavior of teens with IBD. The investigators will study teens who are taking medicine by mouth. The investigators will test if two phone calls that help teens solve problems with their IBD medicine help to increase how often teens take their medicine. The study will also see if there is any extra benefit of more sessions (four compared to two). The investigators will ask 90 teens to be in the study. Teens can be in the study if they are 11-18 years old and speak English. They must also take an IBD medication by mouth and have a parent who also wants to be in the study. Teens who agree to be in the study will fill out forms at the beginning (participant week 0), middle (participant week 12), and end of the study (participant week 20). After assessment 1, they will be randomly assigned to either receive 2 phone calls or a wait list group (participant weeks 6-10). After that, they will complete a second assessment. After the second assessment, teens who got the 2 phone calls right will be re-randomized to two more sessions or no more sessions (participant weeks 14-18). Teens who were in the wait list group will get two phone sessions (participant weeks 14-18). After that, there will be a final assessment (participant week 20). The investigators expect the phone intervention sessions to reduce barriers to medicine taking, improve medicine taking, and improve teen quality of life.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* between 11 and 18 years of age
* moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
* overnight hospital stay
* injury occurred within the last 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* younger than 11 and older than 18 years of age
* injury occurred more than 12 months ago
* teen does not live with parents or guardian
* English not spoken in the home
* injury is a result of child abuse as documented by medical record
* child or parent has history of hospitalization for a psychiatric problem
* documentation that the injury is a result of child abuse
* child suffered a non-blunt injury (e.g. projectile wounds, stroke, drowning, or other form of asphyxiation)
* child ever diagnosed with moderate or severe mental retardation, Autism, or a significant developmental disability (child must be able to talk)
* plans for the child to leave home during the coming 12 months.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* patient age 11-18 years
* patient English speaking
* patient legal guardian willing to participate
* patient on oral IBD maintenance medication for 3 months or longer

Exclusion Criteria:

* history of significant parent-reported cognitive or developmental delay
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* child experienced at least 3 episodes of abdominal pain over a 3-month period which affected his/her activities
* primary caregiver willing and able to complete questionnaires
* child aged 7-17
* child has lived with the primary caregiver full-time for at least the past 5 years and for at least half of his/her lifetime

Exclusion Criteria:

* positive physical or laboratory findings which would explain the child's abdominal pain
* chronic disease
* major surgery in past year
* developmental disabilities that require full-time special education or impair ability to respond
* inability to comprehend English
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Moderate to severe TBI that occurred within the last 6 months
* Overnight hospital stay
* English-speaking
* Parent must be willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Child does not live with parents or guardian
* Child or parent has history of hospitalization for psychiatric problem
* TBI is a result of child abuse
* Child suffered a nonblunt injury (e.g., projectile wound, stroke, drowning, or other form of asphyxiation)
* Diagnosed with moderate or severe mental retardation, autism, or a significant developmental disability

Answer: B