Cognitive rehabilitation treatment of deficits in emotion, social cognition and regulation of behaviour after traumatic brain injury; development of treatment protocol and pilot study

Cognitive rehabilitation treatment of deficits in emotion, social cognition and regulation of behaviour after traumatic brain injury; development of treatment protocol and pilot study - Treatment of Social Cognition in TBI patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32762

Enrollment

Registered

2009-01-12

Start date

2009-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

traumatisch hersenletsel

Interventions

A cognitive rehabiliation treatment of deficits in social cognition, given by an experienced neuropsychologist, twice a week, 20-24 1hr sessions in total

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) deficient score on the Neuro Behavioural Affect Profile (NBAP, Nelson, 1998) 2) deficient score on the Facial Expression of Emotion TEst (FEEST, Young, 2003) AND/OR orbitofrontal/mediofrontal damage on MRI

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: neurodegenerative or psychiatric disorders, lack of self-awareness (indicated by a difference score of 0 on the self-rating version of the NBAP between rating of premorbid and present functioning), severe cognitive comorbidity interfering with the ability to follow treatment (global aphasia, neglect, amnestic syndrome).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement of social cognition, that is, a significant difference between pre- and postmeasurement on the The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT, Mc Donald, 2003).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Checklists and questionnaires for social functioning in daily life (KATZ adjustmentscales,(KAS-R, Goran & Fabiano, 1993), Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX, Wilson, e.a., 1996), NBAP, Nelson, 1998,, Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI, Von Steinbuchel e.a., 2005). Tests for social cognition (FEEST ( Young e.a., 2002), Cartoon Test (Happe e.a. 1999), Faux Pas test (Stone e.a., 1998), Sustained Attention to response Task (SART, Robertson e.a., 1997), Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara e.a., 1994), Emotional Empathy Questionnaire (EEQ, Mehrabian & Epstein,1972), Read the Mind in the Eyes (Baron-Cohen, e.a., 1997) ), for executive functioning (Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS, Wilson et al, 1996)), and an estimation of premorbid IQ by means of the Dutch version of the NART (NLV, Schmand e.a., 1992).	—

Measure

Time frame

Checklists and questionnaires for social functioning in daily life (KATZ adjustmentscales,(KAS-R, Goran & Fabiano, 1993), Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX, Wilson, e.a., 1996), NBAP, Nelson, 1998,, Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI, Von Steinbuchel e.a., 2005). Tests for social cognition (FEEST ( Young e.a., 2002), Cartoon Test (Happe e.a. 1999), Faux Pas test (Stone e.a., 1998), Sustained Attention to response Task (SART, Robertson e.a., 1997), Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara e.a., 1994), Emotional Empathy Questionnaire (EEQ, Mehrabian & Epstein,1972), Read the Mind in the Eyes (Baron-Cohen, e.a., 1997) ), for executive functioning (Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS, Wilson et al, 1996)), and an estimation of premorbid IQ by means of the Dutch version of the NART (NLV, Schmand e.a., 1992).

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)