The Effects of Computer Based Cognitive Rehabilitation on Executive Functions in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury in the Chronic Phase: A Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Sponsor
- Katrine Sværke
- Enrollment
- 72
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Trail making test A+B
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study examines the effects of computerbased cognitive rehabilitation on executive functions in the chronic phase after acquired brain injury
Detailed Description
This study examines the effects of computerbased cognitive rehabilitation on executive functions in the chronic phase after acquired brain injury using two clinically developed programmes and one sham-intervention. Furthermore, the study consists of Groups that receives the computerized training both with and witouth support from a professional.
Investigators
Katrine Sværke
Bsc. Psychology
Bispebjerg Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Persons who are able to give an informed consent both verbally and in writing
- •Persons in the chronic phase after stroke or traumatic brain injury (more than one year post onset)
- •Persons who score less than the
- •Percentile in one or more of the primary outcome measures outlined above.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Persons with neurodegenerative diseases
- •Persons with diseases which can influence executive functions such as ADHD
- •Persons who are motorically or cognitively unable to use a tablet and complete the CBCR-training
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Trail making test A+B
Time Frame: 5 minutes
Trail test A: Test of visual attention, trail test B: Test of visual working memory and cognitive shifts
PASAT
Time Frame: 3 seconds
Paced auditory serial addition test, test of verbal working memory
Secondary Outcomes
- Word fluency test(1 min)
- Digit span (WAIS-IV)(5 minutes)
- Stroop colour and word test(3 minutes)
- Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI)(10 minutes)
- Spatial span (WMS-III)(5 minutes)
- BNI-FS(10 minutes)
- Wordlist, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)(10 minutes)
- SDMT(90 seconds)