Status:
COMPLETED
PC-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-78 years
Brief Summary
The investigators evaluated whether it was possible to improve the measurement of memory, attention, and executive function in patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury through the use of comp...
Detailed Description
Here we describe a series of computer-based tests that were used to evaluate memory, attention, and executive function in large groups of control subjects and in patients with chronic mild and moderat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Control subjects were required to meet the following inclusion criteria:
- (a) fluency in the English language
- (b) no current or prior history of bipolar disorder, mania, or schizophrenia
- (c) no current substance abuse
- (d) no concurrent history of neurologic disease known to affect cognitive functioning
- (e) on a stable dosage of any required medication
- (f) auditory functioning sufficient to understanding normal conversational speech and visual acuity normal or corrected to 20/40 or better
- Exclusion criteria:
- History of TBI
- Exclusion Criteria for TBI patients:
- TBI patients had to meet the same inclusion criteria as the controls with the exception that they were required to have a history of TBI. They also had to be in the chronic phase, i.e., 1-4 yrs post-injury.
- Exclusion criteria:
- current substance abuse
- current psychiatric diagnosis other than PTSD
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
265 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00927576
Start Date
July 1 2009
End Date
March 1 2013
Last Update
July 31 2015
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