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Efficacy of a Computerized Program of Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention in People With Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

NCT04214314 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2021-02-17

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Summary

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is a sudden lesion in the brain, not congenital or perinatal,caused by various pathologies.According to the National Statistics Institute,in Spain 78% of people suffering from ABI are a result of stroke,and 22% due to Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) and other causes.The ABI is in most cases with problems of cognitive,physical,emotional,social,family and work.Of all these problems,attentional alterations are one of the most frequent and disabling for these participants,with a prevalence of 30-62%.However,there are currently no specific programs for the rehabilitation of attentional processes in people with ABI in Spain.So recently,a program focused on the rehabilitation of NeuronUp APT attentional processes has been developed,based on the theoretical model of Sohlberg and Mateer,which considers attention as a multidimensional cognitive function that is hierarchically organized.This program includes a large group of rehabilitation activities in contexts similar to those of daily life.Objectives:1)Evaluate the effectiveness of the NeuronUp APT attentional training program for the improvement of the attention problems presented by participants with ABI;2)determine whether the improvement of attention problems in participants with ABI causes changes in their functioning emotional and quality of life and 3)determine whether the improvement of the attention problems in participants with ABI causes changes in the functionality of the participants and, consequently, in the activities of their daily lives.Method:This is a randomized clinical trial, 46 participants with ABI between the ages of 18-65 will be recruited; 23 participants will be assigned to the experimental group (integral rehabilitation+NeuronUp APT) and the other 23 to the control group (integral rehabilitation) randomly,using a simple randomization method.Both groups will be evaluated before the start of the intervention, after the end of the intervention and 6 months after the intervention, thus collecting sociodemographic information,clinical characteristics of the disease, cognitive screening measures,emotional functioning test,functional and quality of life.Conclusions:It is hoped to achieve a transfer of the gains obtained,through the training of the attention through the NeuronUp APT rehabilitation program,to other aspects of cognitive,emotional functioning and quality of life.It is also expected that these people improve their attention problems in their daily lives.

Conditions

  • Brain Injuries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

NeuronUp APT attentional program

NeuronUp APT attentional program consists of 4 types of attention with 20 activities each and 5 different levels of difficulty per activity. These 20 activities will be divided into two blocks (block A or block B) of 10 activities each and then, randomly, participants will be administered one block or another. The administration of the entire program is approximately one month and a half or 2 months per patient, with sessions of one hour, 3 times per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juan Carlos Arango Lasprilla · Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-30
Primary Completion
2021-10-31
Completion
2023-11-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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