Early Training of Attention After Acquired Brain Injury

Launched by KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET · Mar 17, 2014

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STUDY METHODS The primary objectives of the study were: 1. In the acute stage, to evaluate the effectiveness of APT measured by the changes in performance in the attention measure, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test, (PASAT) evaluated by Statistical Process Control 2. In the postacute stage, to evaluate and compare effects of Attention process training (APT) vs. standard rehabilitation on daily activities and return to work three months and one year after participating in a rehabilitation programme with regard to resource utilisation and health economics.

STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING The stud...

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Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion
• • mild to moderate stroke
• • traumatic brain-injury
• • deficits in attention defined by the APT test
• • lower average and above for reasoning skills
• • lower average and above for abstract thinking
• • good understanding of the Swedish language
• • Exclusion
• • moderate to severe aphasia
• • ongoing psychiatric illness
• • history of severe somatic disorder causing anoxic periods
• • ongoing substance abuse
• • severe pain severe memory disorders,
• • neglect
• • visual field defects
• • motor disability interfering with participation