Cognitive rehabilitation treatment of deficits in emotion, social cognition and regulation of behaviour after traumatic brain injury; development of treatment protocol and pilot study

Conditions: traumatisch hersenletsel
stoornissen in sociale cognitie
behavioural regulation
deficits in social attention
personality changes
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Registration Number: NL-OMON32762

Lead Sponsor: Dr. J.M. Spikman, onderzoeker is zelf de verrichter

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

1) deficient score on the Neuro Behavioural Affect Profile (NBAP, Nelson, 1998)
2) deficient score on the Facial Expression of Emotion TEst (FEEST, Young, 2003) AND/OR orbitofrontal/mediofrontal damage on MRI

Exclusion Criteria

neurodegenerative or psychiatric disorders, lack of self-awareness (indicated by a difference score of 0 on the self-rating version of the NBAP between rating of premorbid and present functioning), severe cognitive comorbidity interfering with the ability to follow treatment (global aphasia, neglect, amnestic syndrome).

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Improvement of social cognition, that is, a significant difference between pre-<br /><br>and postmeasurement on the The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT, Mc<br /><br>Donald, 2003).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Checklists and questionnaires for social functioning in daily life (KATZ<br /><br>adjustmentscales,(KAS-R, Goran & Fabiano, 1993), Dysexecutive Questionnaire<br /><br>(DEX, Wilson, e.a., 1996), NBAP, Nelson, 1998,, Quality of Life after Brain<br /><br>Injury (QOLIBRI, Von Steinbuchel e.a., 2005). Tests for social cognition (FEEST<br /><br>( Young e.a., 2002), Cartoon Test (Happe e.a. 1999), Faux Pas test (Stone<br /><br>e.a., 1998), Sustained Attention to response Task (SART, Robertson e.a., 1997),<br /><br>Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara e.a., 1994), Emotional Empathy Questionnaire (EEQ,<br /><br>Mehrabian & Epstein,1972), Read the Mind in the Eyes (Baron-Cohen, e.a., 1997)<br /><br>), for executive functioning (Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive<br /><br>Syndrome (BADS, Wilson et al, 1996)), and an estimation of premorbid IQ by<br /><br>means of the Dutch version of the NART (NLV, Schmand e.a., 1992). </p><br>