Computer-based cognitive retraining (CBCR) combined with explicit strategy instruction for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI)

Completed

Conditions: brain damage
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ABI

Registration Number: NL-OMON47636

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

- Age between 8 and 18 years
- Diagnosed with ABI (e.g., traumatic brain injury, brain tumour, stroke,
encephalitis, meningitis, and hypoxia).
- At least 6 months post injury
- Experiencing problems with at least one of the to be trained cognitive
functions (i.e., attention, working memory, or executive functioning)

Exclusion Criteria

- General level of intelligence lower than 80 (important with regard to the
reliability and validity of the test administration)
- Unable to perceive visual stimuli and/or control the arrow keys of a
keyboard/ a computer mouse
- Previously trained with a CBCR

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Three cognitive tests have been selected as primary outcome measures to assess<br /><br>change in attention (score on d2), working memory (score on Corsi Block-Tapping<br /><br>Test), and executive functioning (score on Concept Shifting Task). The main<br /><br>study parameters are the change in performance from baseline measurement (T0)<br /><br>to post intervention measurement (T1, i.e., 6 to 8 weeks after T0) on each of<br /><br>these three tests.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>For a broad overview of cognitive functioning after the intervention period,<br /><br>additional cognitive tests have been selected as secondary outcomes.<br /><br>Furthermore, subjective cognitive functioning (as measured with questionnaires)<br /><br>and psychosocial functioning (i.e., participation, family functioning and<br /><br>quality of life) of children and adolescent with ABI are considered secondary<br /><br>study parameters.</p><br>