Verbal Working Memory and Attention Remediation for Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury.
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Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Gerald Voelbel, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · NYU Langone Health
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What this trial measures
- Change in participants' logical memory after participating in BrainHQ trainingbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be measured by the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (WMS-IV), Logical Memory subtest which is a measure of a person's ability to recall a story told to them.
- Change in participants' verbal working memory after participating BrainHQ trainingbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be measured by the Auditory Consonant Trigram (ACT), the ACT is a standard assessment measure used to evaluate working memory, attention, and cognitive interference.
- Change in participants' working memory after participating in BrainHQ trainingbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be measured by the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (WMS-IV), Digit Span subtest which is a measure of working memory in which the person maintains their attention to the list of spoken numbers and ask to recall and state the list of numbers.
- Participants' vocabulary after participating in BrainHQ trainingbaseline
This will be measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV, Vocabulary subtest which measure the ability to define specific words.
- Participants' ability to recall informationbaseline
This will be measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV, Information subtest which assesses the ability to recall general knowledge and acquired facts on different topics related to science, geography, and history.
- Participants' abstract reasoningbaseline
Measured by Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV, Matrix Reasoning subtest which is a measure of abstract reasoning of visually presented stimuli.
- Change in participants' level of readingbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be measured by Test of Premorbid Functioning which is a measure that reliably estimates levels of intelligence by asking the subject to read aloud the words on an established reading list.
- Changes in the participants' processing speedbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be measured by Digit Symbol Modality Test which is a is a standard assessment measure used to measure processing speed, working memory, attention, and executive functioning. The standardized oral version will be administered.
- Change in participants' verbal memorybaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Measured by California Verbal Learning Test - II (CVLT). This test is a measure of verbal memory. A list of words is read aloud to the participants five times. After each list of words, the participant recalls the words. The participants will also be asked to recall the words from the list 20 minutes later.
- Change in participants ability to assess auditory informationbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be assessed with the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) - 3 \& 2 second versions which measures complex mental manipulation by adding the two most recent numbers that are presented auditorily. There are two sets of numbers that are presented at two different speeds. The PASAT is a measure of cognitive function that assesses auditory information processing speed and flexibility, as well as calculation ability.
- Change in participants' verbal attention.baseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Will be assessed with the Woodcock-Johnson - Understanding Directions subtest which is a measure of verbal attention. Participant are provided oral directions to point to different parts of pictures.
- Change in participants' attention and verbal memorybaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Actual Reality Performance test is a measure of attention and verbal memory, which requires the participants to follow directions and sequence steps of computerized task.
- Changes to participants' ability to understand social cuesbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT)- Short version: is a standard measure to recognize emotions and a speaker's intentions presented in a vignette.
- Change in participants' sense of depressionbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This will be self reported using the Beck's Depression Inventory - II. This is a standardized instrument for the assessment of depression with a self-report questionnaire.
- Change in participants' sense of anxietybaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Measured by self reports with the Beck's Anxiety Inventory which is a self-report instrument for the assessment of anxiety.
- Changes to participants' mental statusbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Will be measured using the Lifetime Experience Questionnaire, \\ a questionnaire to determine current and past mental.
- Changes in participants' daily livingbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
The Functional Behavior Profile Questionnaire will be used to measure daily living status. This is a standardized questionnaire regarding activities of daily living, executive functioning, participation, problems solving and social relationships.
- Changes in the pattern of participants social lifestylebaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
This may be assessed with the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective Questionnaire: A standardized questionnaire about social participation.
- Changes in the participants' overall statusbaseline, 1 week post training, 4 weeks post training
Will be gauged by using the Promis Global Health Questionnaire. This is a standardized questionnaire that evaluates physical, mental and social health deficits common in people with brain injuries.