An interventional study of Cognitive Enrichment Program (CEP) in TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Rehabilitation and Aging, sponsored by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 55 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-28.
Sponsored by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
In a worldwide context of accelerated demographic aging, traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults has become a public health problem. TBI incidence grows following an exponential curve as people get older, increasing the occurrence of TBI in ageing individuals. Rehabilitation programs used in clinical settings have generally been developed for younger adults, and their efficacy with older adults who sustain a TBI has not been evaluated. The investigators have tailored a modular cognitive rehabilitation program for individuals who sustain a TBI in older adulthood, the Cognitive Enrichment Program (CEP), by adapting approaches which have shown to be effective in normal ageing and with other neurological conditions. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the CEP in adults having sustained a TBI during later adulthood. Specific objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness on memory, executive functions, psychological well-being and daily life activities using psychometric tests, self-reported questionnaires, and daily life-like tasks. The investigators hypothesize that memory and executive functions training included in the CEP will result in an improvement in both psychometric and self-reported scores in a trained group of older individuals with TBI, whereas this will not be the case for a comparable TBI group who did not receive the CEP intervention.
This study aims to evaluate the impact of a multimodal cognitive intervention, the Cognitive Enrichment Program (CEP), on episodic memory, executive functions, psychological well-being and daily life activities in traumatic brain injured (TBI) older adults, as compared to an active control group that receives only usual care in the form of holistic rehabilitation. The experimental design is a semi-randomized, controlled, before-after study with blinded outcome measurement. French-speaking participants aged 55 years or older and having sustained a mild, moderate or severe TBI at least 6 months before enrollment, were recruited by clinical coordinators from one hospital and from two outpatient interdisciplinary rehabilitation centres. The CEP consists of three intervention modules, Introduction and self-awareness, Attention and Memory, and Executive functions, which were conducted with groups of 5 participants, in 90-minute sessions, twice weekly, during 12 weeks. The CEP was conducted by an experienced clinical neuropsychologist. Assessments of intervention effects were performed by trained evaluators, who were blinded to group assignment of participants, in two separate sessions lasting about 90 minutes each. There were three assessment time-points: baseline (pre-intervention - T0); 14-weeks (post-intervention - T1); 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2). Primary outcome measures (neuropsychological and self-report) were chosen to measure targeted effects of the CEP and generalization measures (self-report) were used to evaluate broader effects of the intervention. Control measures were also used to control for spontaneous recovery.
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Cognitive Enrichment Program (CEP) : tailored for individuals who sustain a TBI in later adulthood. The CEP is a 12-week multimodal intervention structured into three modules designed to simultaneously address cognitive problems resulting from TBI, as well as age-related cognitive issues in the following domains: self-awareness, attention and memory, and executive functions.
Behavioral: Cognitive Enrichment Program (CEP)
Usual care : interventions within a holistic interdisciplinary rehabilitation program focused on resuming daily activities and social roles, if needed, as determined by treating physician; does not include any form of cognitive rehabilitation.
Multimodal cognitive rehabilitation program for individuals having sustained a traumatic brain injury during older adulthood
Change from baseline (T0) Face-name association (Côte-des-Neiges Computerized Memory Battery) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Episodic memory measure where participants have to associate 12 previously learned face-name pairs.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Face-name association (Côte-des-Neiges Computerized Memory Battery) at 6 months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Episodic memory measure where participants have to associate 12 previously learned face-name pairs.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Word list recall (Côte-des-Neiges Computerized Memory Battery) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Episodic memory measure where participants have to associate 12 previously learned words. Measures of immediate and delayed recall were obtained.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Word list recall (Côte-des-Neiges Computerized Memory Battery) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Episodic memory measure where participants have to associate 12 previously learned words. Measures of immediate and delayed recall were obtained.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Text memory (Côte-des-Neiges Computerized Memory Battery) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Episodic memory measure where participants have to recall a short text, which is divided into 23 macrostructure elements (main ideas of the text giving a meaning to the story), and 24 microstructure elements (specific details about the story). Measures of immediate and delayed recall were obtained for macrostructure and microstructure elements.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Text memory (Côte-des-Neiges Computerized Memory Battery) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Episodic memory measure where participants have to recall a short text, which is divided into 23 macrostructure elements (main ideas of the text giving a meaning to the story), and 24 microstructure elements (specific details about the story). Measures of immediate and delayed recall were obtained for macrostructure and microstructure elements.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Self-Evaluation Memory Questionnaire (SEMQ) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Self-report memory measure where participants rate (1 to 6; never to always) their memory performance for 10 dimensions for which are derived mean scores: Conversations, Books \& movies, Slips of attention, People, Use of objects, Political \& social events, Places, Actions to perform, Personal events, General. Higher scores indicate worse outcome.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Self-Evaluation Memory Questionnaire (SEMQ) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Self-report memory measure where participants rate (1 to 6; never to always) their memory performance for 10 dimensions for which are derived mean scores: Conversations, Books \& movies, Slips of attention, People, Use of objects, Political \& social events, Places, Actions to perform, Personal events, General. Higher scores indicate worse outcome.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Six Elements Task-Adapted (SET-A) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Executive function measure where participants complete a task where the goal is to earn as many points as possible while following specific rules. Five dimensions are rated according to the degree of attainment (0-3) : Tackling the 6 subtasks, Inter-task balance, Avoiding rule-breaking, Checking time at appropriate moments, and Efficient behavior. The Total score (/15) is also computed.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Six Elements Task-Adapted (SET-A) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Executive function measure where participants complete a task where the goal is to earn as many points as possible while following specific rules. Five dimensions are rated according to the degree of attainment (0-3) : Tackling the 6 subtasks, Inter-task balance, Avoiding rule-breaking, Checking time at appropriate moments, and Efficient behavior. The Total score (/15) is also computed.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Sorting Test - Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Executive function measure where participant must sort cards with printed words into groups in as many ways as possible and describe their sorting criteria. Measures used are: Confirmed Correct Sort Total (CCS) raw score, Free Sorting Description (FSD) total raw score, and Time-Per-Sort Ratio (TSR) in seconds.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Sorting Test - Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Executive function measure where participant must sort cards with printed words into groups in as many ways as possible and describe their sorting criteria. Measures used are: Confirmed Correct Sort Total (CCS) raw score, Free Sorting Description (FSD) total raw score, and Time-Per-Sort Ratio (TSR) in seconds.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Stroop Test - Four-color version at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Executive function measure where participant complete four tasks (reading, colors, inhibition and flexibility). The measures used (time, in seconds) are Inhibition of the Stroop effect by verbally indicating the color of the ink instead of reading the words, and Flexibility, where participants indicate the color of the ink and read the words when they appear in a box.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Stroop Test - Four-color version at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Executive function measure where participant complete four tasks (reading, colors, inhibition and flexibility). The measures used (time, in seconds) are Inhibition of the Stroop effect by verbally indicating the color of the ink instead of reading the words, and Flexibility, where participants indicate the color of the ink and read the words when they appear in a box.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Self-report executive function measure where participants rate (0 to 5; never to always) their executive functioning on three scales: Executive cognition, Behavioural-Emotional Self-Regulation, and Metacognition. Self-awareness of executive difficulties was used as a measure of generalization by calculating the difference between participants' and a significant other's scores on the three subscales. Higher scores indicate worse outcome.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Self-report executive function measure where participants rate (0 to 5; never to always) their executive functioning on three scales: Executive cognition, Behavioural-Emotional Self-Regulation, and Metacognition. Self-awareness of executive difficulties was used as a measure of generalization by calculating the difference between participants' and a significant other's scores on the three subscales. Higher scores indicate worse outcome.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Change from baseline (T0) Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI) at 14 weeks (post-intervention - T1)
Self-report measure where participants rate (0-6; low to high) their self-perceived well-being on 22 items. Higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: 14 weeks (pre-post intervention - T0-T1)
Change from post-intervention (T1) Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI) at 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
Self-report measure where participants rate (0-6; low to high) their self-perceived well-being on 22 items. Higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention (follow-up - T2)
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