Computer training and strategy instruction for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Acquired brain injury, Traumatic brain injury, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Children, Adolescents,Niet-aangeboren hersenletsel, Traumatisch hersenletsel, Cognitieve revalidatie, Kinderen, Jongeren, Adolescenten
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON19870
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age between 8 and 18 years;
2. Diagnosed with ABI (e.g., traumatic brain injury, brain tumour, stroke, encephalitis, meningitis, and hypoxia);
Exclusion Criteria
1. General level of intelligence lower than 80;
2. Co-morbidity: extreme sensibility for visual stimuli, epilepsy, depression, or other health complaints or learning disabilities which can negatively influence the participation in the present study;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Three cognitive tests have been selected as primary outcome measures to assess change in attention (score on d2), working memory (score on Corsi Block-Tapping Test), and executive functioning (score on Concept Shifting Task). The main study parameters are the change in performance from baseline measurement (T0) to post intervention measurement (T1, i.e., 6 to 8 weeks after T0) and the change from T1 to T2 (follow-up after 3 months) on each of these three tests.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cognitive functioning:<br /><br>1. Intelligence: WISC-III short form<br /><br>2. Attention: Coding (WISC-III); Five to Fifteen questionnaire (parent and teacher version)<br /><br>3. Working memory: Digit Span (WISC-III)<br /><br>4. Executive functioning: Stop Signal Reaction Task; Verbal Fluency; Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (parent version).<br /><br /><br>Psychosocial functioning:<br /><br>1. Participation: Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (parent and child version)<br /><br>2. Family functioning: Family Assessment Device - General Functioning (parent version)<br /><br>3. Quality of life: Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory - Generic core scale and Multidimensional fatigue scales (parent and child version).