Cognitive Support Technology for Postsecondary Students With Traumatic Brain Injuries (CSTPSTBI): A Randomized Clinical Trial at the Intervention Efficacy Stage of Research
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 90
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Grade Point Average (GPA)
研究概览
简要总结
This study will fill important knowledge gaps in the availability of best practices that use innovative methods to integrate the cognitive and vocational needs of students with TBI who will be transitioning from 2- and 4-year postsecondary education to employment. Best practices exist from the assistive technology (AT) field to help people compensate for cognitive impairments, and from the vocational rehabilitation (VR) field to enhance employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. However, these practices have not been integrated to provide needed supports and services to improve the employment outcomes of students with TBI. The study's goal is to expand the availability of innovative practices by testing the efficacy of a technology-driven, long-term, and resource-rich individualized support program that merges assistive technology for cognition and vocational rehabilitation practices. The end products will include technology application guidelines, training and procedural manuals, and resource information that rehabilitation professionals and students with TBI can utilize to enhance technology and mentoring proficiency, academic success, self-determination, and long-term career success for students with TBI.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Clinical diagnosis of TBI
- •Enrolled in a degree program at two-year and four-year colleges or universities
- •Live within a 60-mile radius of Kent, Ohio
排除标准
- •No exclusion criteria will be applied
研究组 & 干预措施
Full Treatment
Steps of the Intervention Condition. Following an in-person session in which a pretest assessment is completed, each member of the intervention group will participate in three face-to-face sessions with the interventionist at the student's campus or at the interventionist's office to complete the CST component of the intervention.
干预措施: : Cognitive Support Technology (CST) (Behavioral)
Abbreviated Treatment
Steps of the Control Condition. Following an inperson session in which the pretest assessment is completed, each member of the control group will participate in two telephone or Skype sessions with the interventionist to discuss her or his needs for electronic cognitive supports. An abbreviated version of Scherer's (2012) MPT assessment will be administered via telephone or Skype in the first of these virtually-administered sessions. In the second telephone or Skype session, the interventionist will summarize the results of the abbreviated MPT assessment, suggest a variety of cognitive enhancement apps for tablet computers or smart phones that the control group participant can consider.
干预措施: : Cognitive Support Technology (CST) (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Grade Point Average (GPA)
时间窗: Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion)
Participant GPA
次要结局
- Change in Post-Secondary Enrollment Status(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Satisfaction with transportation access(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Satisfaction with Social Support(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Current Employment Status(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in % of Participants Receiving Disability Benefits(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Depression Symptoms(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Overall health status(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Acceptance of disability(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Perceived Stress(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))
- Change in Quality of Life (QoL)(Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion))