Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Memory Deficits
- Sponsor
- University of Oldenburg
- Enrollment
- 36
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Test to assess change in memory performance in everyday life
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Memory deficits after brain damage are common and there is still a need for evaluated therapy methods. In this study we compare two therapeutic interventions and investigate whether therapy effects can be found on neuropsychological tests and on a test measuring memory in everyday life.
Detailed Description
In the interventiongroup a computerbased working memory training is combined with a recollection training (repitition-lag procedure). The patients in the active control group undergo the standard memory therapy that is normally provided in the rehabilitation centre (with a focus on the acquisition and execution of different memory strategies, e.g. the spaced retrieval method). The patients in both groups are tested on different neuropsychological tests before and after nine hours of therapy. Additionally, a test is conducted that assesses memory in everyday life.
Investigators
Kim Merle Richter
MSc Psychologie
University of Oldenburg
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •brain injury
- •memory deficits (performance below average in the California Verbal Learning Test in learning trial 1 or 5, sfr or lfr)
Exclusion Criteria
- •severe amnesia (less than 2 words in sfr of the CVLT), dementia, sensory or motor aphasia, impaired vision, insufficient German language skills, lack of patient's consent
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Test to assess change in memory performance in everyday life
Time Frame: baseline and 9 hours
The test includes different single tasks that measure memory in everyday life e.g. Story recall (Subtest 6 from the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test) Outcome measure: Total number of points
Secondary Outcomes
- Outcome change in different neuropsychological tests(baseline and 9 hours)