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The Effectiveness of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Young Dyslexic Adults

NCT01930500 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2019-04-12

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether individual and/ group based neuropsychological rehabilitation focused on psychoeducation and teaching compensatory strategies has positive effects on the psychosocial wellbeing and perceived cognitive deficits in dyslexic young adults. The hypothesis is that both individual and group based neuropsychological rehabilitation show positive effects on the psychosocial wellbeing and perceived cognitive deficits. Another purpose of this study is to evaluate weather individual and group based neuropsychological rehabilitation have different kind of effects on the wellbeing of the participants and weather either one of the rehabilitation formats is more effective than the other.

Conditions

  • Dyslexia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Individual neuropsychological rehabilitation

Psychoeducation, teaching compensatory strategies and offering psychological support to better cope with dyslexia

BEHAVIORAL

Group based neuropsychological rehabilitation

Psychoeducation, teaching compensatory strategies and offering psychological support and peer support to better cope with dyslexia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Social Insurance Institution, Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rehabilitation Foundation, Finland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erja Poutiainen, PhD · Rehabilitation Foundation

  • Johanna Nukari, LicPsych · Rehabilitation Foundation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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