cerebrovascular accident Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Suffered from stroke and referred to rehabilitation; 2) Presence of cognitive dysfunction due to stroke; 3) Age between 30 and 80 years; 4) Daily access to computer with internet connection and able to use mouse; 5) lnformed consent for study participation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Any disease other than stroke which results in severe cognitive impairments 2) Severe psychological, psychiatric, or somatic comorbidity which could strongly influence the performance on the neuropsychological assessment and training possibilities 3) Mentally (Telephone Interview Cognitive Status (TICS) score
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is executive functioning as measured by several neuropsychological tasks (Fluency, Tower of London, Trail Making Test, letter-number sequencing) See protocol for a description of these tasks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Cognitive flexibility as measured by switchcost (reactietimes op switchtrials compared to reaction times on non -switchtrials) on the switch task. 2) Cognitive functioning as measured by several neuropsychological tasks and computer tasks (see protocol) 3) Training improvement 4) Subjective cognitive functioning and functioning in daily life as measured by: dysexecutive questionnaire (DEX), Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ), Utrechtse Schaal voor Evaluatie en Revalidatie- Participatie (USER-P), Instrumental activity of daily life scale (IADL), en Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) 5) Imaging analyses (resting state fMRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Voxel Based Morphometry) | — |
Countries
Netherlands