Traumatic Brain Injury
Conditions
Keywords
vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, cognitive training, cognitive remediation, cognitive rehabilitation, veterans
Brief summary
The 12-month study will investigate a cognitive training augmentation of supported employment to improve cognitive performance and work outcomes, which are expected to result in improved quality of life and community integration for veterans with mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries. The primary hypothesis is that compared to veterans who receive enhanced supported employment, those who receive supported employment plus cognitive training will work more weeks during the 12 months.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSupported employment plus cognitive training
Supported employment for 12 months plus cognitive training for the first 12 weeks
BEHAVIORALEnhanced supported employment
Supported employment for 12 months plus one additional supported employment session per week for the first 12 weeks.
Sponsors
United States Department of Defense
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* OEF/OIF veteran * History of mild-to-moderate TBI (loss of consciousness \<6 hours; post-traumatic amnesia \<7 days) * Documented impairment in at least one neuropsychological domain * Unemployed, but stating a goal of work * Written informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Current alcohol/substance abuse or dependence * Participation in other intervention studies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Weeks worked | 12 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hours worked | 12 months |
| Dollars earned from working | 12 months |
| Cognitive performance | 3, 6, and 12 months |
| Neurobehavioral symptoms | 3, 6, and 12 months |
| Quality of life | 3, 6, and 12 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed