e-COGRAT: A Blended eHealth Intervention for Fatigue Following Acquired Brain Injury

Launched by UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN · May 8, 2023

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A single case experimental design (SCED) with AB and follow-up phases across participants will be used. Within this study design, every participant will receive the blended eHealth cognitive behavioral (group)intervention (e-COGRAT). Patients who have given consent to participate in the study will be assigned to a treatment group by random assignment. Each group consists of 4 participants. Due to the group-based intervention all participants of each group will start simultaneously and immediately after baseline phase (2 weeks) with the 12-week intervention phase. Start dates will be predete...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • An ABI diagnosis (stroke and traumatic brain injury) in the chronic phase (≥6 months after injury)
• • Complaints of severe fatigue (Checklist Individual Strength - subscale Fatigue score ≥ 40)
• • Full comprehension of Dutch language
• • Being cognitive capable of using the internet and having regular internet access.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having severe cognitive deficits (Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) \< borderline)
• • Having major untreated or unstable medical or psychiatric comorbidities (eg, epilepsy, psychosis)
• • Patients with (complaints of) depression are excluded if the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is \> 10