Irony Comprehension Ability of Chinese Speaking Patients With TBI

• Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury
• Interventions: Behavioral: Watching ironic stories

• Registration Number: NCT04161573
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

This study aims at understanding irony comprehension ability of Chinese speaking patients with TBI through a series of self-made stories. Each story contains two characters having a conversation, and one of them would give a figurative (which is, ironic) or literal statement at the end of the story. The participants are asked to figure out its meaning.

Detailed Description

The investigator plans to recruit TBI patients and control group whose gender and age accord with them, 15 people in each group. They would be asked to read the materials mentioned above displaying by a computer. It may take 30 minutes per time, and every participants only do once.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Study Start: 2019-10-10
• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-10
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-13
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-13
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-31
• Study Completion: 2020-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Above 20 years old
• Chinese speaking people
• Diagnosed as TBI patients for over 6 months
• Having no other neurological and mental related problems
• Able to read with or without assistive device like glasses

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Exclusion Criteria

• Addicted to alcohol or drug morbid and postmorbid
• Having any communication disorders

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group to TBI	Watching ironic stories	15 people in this group. Their gender and age accord with TBI group.
Aging group 2- 40 to 59	Watching ironic stories	Normal people whose age range from 40 to 59.
Aging group 1- 20 to 39	Watching ironic stories	Normal people whose age range from 20 to 39.
TBI group	Watching ironic stories	15 people in this group. Each should be post TBI for 6 months.
Aging group 3- above 60	Watching ironic stories	Normal people whose age are above 60.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TBI group gets lower scores	2 months	We assume that TBI group can't comprehend ironic statement as well as their control group. Therefore, they may get lower score than their normal- health control group.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan