Status:
COMPLETED
Affect Recognition: Enhancing Performance of Persons With Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Lead Sponsor:
University at Buffalo
Collaborating Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Education
Massey University
Conditions:
Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of three training programs designed to teach persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) to recognize emotions. It is hypothesized that the t...
Detailed Description
Research has demonstrated that persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) often have difficulty recognizing emotions. This includes emotions portrayed in facial expressions, as well as inferring emotion...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between eighteen and sixty-five years old.
- At minimum, one year post-injury.
- Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of 12 or less, or stroke with hemi-paresis signifying a moderate to severe acquired brain injury.
- A TBI that resulted in either a closed or open head injury or a stroke that resulted in severe disability
- Perform at least one standard deviation below the norm on the DANVA2-Adult Faces test, a standardized assessment of facial affect recognition.
- Verbally able to express a basic understanding of emotional descriptors (e.g. Happy, sad, angry, fearful).
- Demonstrate basic comprehension for short paragraphs presented in 2 ways: 1)auditorily and 2)silent reading. This measure is part of the Discourse Comprehension Test.
Exclusion
- Diagnosed mental illness.
- Uncorrected visual acuity.
- Uncorrected hearing impairment.
- Perceptual impairment (visual neglect and/or visual discrimination).
- Impaired verbal expression/ aphasia
- Alcohol or substance abuse.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
71 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00283153
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2014
Last Update
August 4 2014
Active Locations (4)
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1
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
2
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203
3
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
4
Massey University
Wellington, New Zealand