A Personal Digital Assistant to Augment Goal Management Training for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

The Acceptability of Goal Management Training for Short Term Memory Loss in Traumatic Brain Injury patients

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000461291

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-16

Start date

2009-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Goal setting is a core strategy in rehabilitation. However, engagement in goal related processes is complex and difficult for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Interventions to prevent ‘goal failure’ are urgently required. The aim of this study is to test the utility and acceptability of a Goal Management Training Personal Device (GMT-PD). In the first phase, six healthy participants evaluate the device. In the second phase, six TBI sufferers evaluate it. Observational, interview and questionnaire data will be collated to explore the utility, functionality and acceptability of the GMT-PD. Novel goal management strategies appear to have potential to facilitate goal directed behaviour and enhance the self regulation skills, thereby improving mood, motivation and a sense of self. Given that rehabilitation resources are limited, it is crucial we find new ways to enable people to learn and practice these skills that are so impacted on by brain injury.

Interventions

Goal Management Training. Briefly, in this instance, the training involves one hour sessions once per week over a period of three weeks. The training is conducted with the clinician using the personal digital assistant to set the goals and their relevant tasks. The patients then use these programmed tasks in their training.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Within 6 months of sustaining a Traumatic Brain Injury and undergoing rehabilitation.

Exclusion criteria

In patient.

Outcome results