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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