A Preliminary Study on Irony Comprehension Ability of Chinese Speaking Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- TBI group gets lower scores
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •Addicted to alcohol or drug morbid and postmorbid
- •Having any communication disorders
结局指标
主要结局
TBI group gets lower scores
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
未报告次要终点