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| Name | Class |
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| Psychotherapie-Ambulanz Marburg e.V. | OTHER |
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Acquired brain injury can result in impaired everyday functioning as well as psychosocial problems, including depressive symptoms, irritability, or negative self-concept. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combination of neuropsychological and cognitive behavioral therapy is effective in the treatment of these sequelae.
Acquired brain injury (ABI) commonly results in persistent cognitive, emotional and motivational problems. About 50% of patients involved develop psychiatric illness, most likely in the first year following ABI, which is associated with reduced psychosocial functioning and less favorable rehabilitation outcome. Treatment of these complex conditions requires a combination of neuropsychological and psychotherapeutic intervention techniques.
This study aims at evaluating a combination of neuropsychological intervention methods, which include developing and using compensation strategies for cognitive impairments (attention, memory and executive functions), and psychotherapeutic intervention focusing on emotion regulation, developing positive self-concepts and adjustment of life-goals. These therapeutic interventions are modularized and patients are assigned to intervention modules according to results of objective neuropsychological testing and interviews.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| 1 | Experimental | Neuropsychological cognitive behavioral psychotherapy for patients with acquired brain injury consists of 25 weekly 1-hr sessions of individualized outpatient treatment. The therapeutical intervention is modularised, patients are assigned to specific interventional modules according to the results of cognitive testing and interviews. Modules concern on the one hand the treatment of deficits in attention, memory, and executive functions. On the other hand psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness is addressed through modules that concern the development of a positive self-concept, the adjustment of life-goals and coping with negative affect (e.g. depressive symptoms, irritability, guilt). |
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| 2 | Other | Waiting list: Patients are randomly assigned to one of two existing groups after completion of the first session of various neuropsychological tests and interviews. Patients assigned to the experimental group receive therapy immediately after completing the first session of various neuropsychological tests and interviews. Patients randomized to the waiting list receive the treatment as specified above after waiting for 5 month. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Neuropsychological Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Behavioral | Neuropsychological Cognitive Behavioral Therapy encompasses 2 foci: First emphasis is on neuropsychological compensatory strategies for the treatment of deficits in attention, memory, and executive functions. Secondly, cognitive behavioral intervention techniques are employed to support the patient in the process of coping with chronic illness: i.e. improve regulation of negative affect, diversify the impaired self-concept after acquired brain injury, and adjust important life-goals to changed circumstances. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Psychosocial Adjustment/ Everyday Functioning as a composite score of SCL-90-R and AFIB | Pre-/ Post-Design, including 3 ponts of measurement: at the beginning of therapy/ waiting period; immediately after completion of therapy/ waiting period; catamnestic measurement 6 months later |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quality of Life (Qolibri, Seiqol, SWLS) | Pre-/ Post-Design, including 3 points of measurement: at the beginning of therapy/ waiting period; immediately after completion of therapy/ waiting period; catamnestic measurement 6 months later | |
| Self-concept/ Life Goals (HISDS II; GOALS; RSES-REV; Self-complexity Measure; FSKN) |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Cornelia Exner, Dr. (PhD) | Philipps University Marburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy | Principal Investigator |
| Winfried Rief, Prof. Dr. | Philipps University Marburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Philipps University Marburg, Departement of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy | Marburg | 35037 | Germany | |||
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| Label | URL |
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| Click here for more information about this study: "Selbständig leben nach einer Hirnschädigung" | View source |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001930 | Brain Injuries |
| ID | Term |
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| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D006259 | Craniocerebral Trauma |
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| Pre-/ Post-Design, including 3 points of measurement: at the beginning of therapy/ waiting period; immediately after completion of therapy/ waiting period; catamnestic measurement 6 months later |
| Psychopathology/ Affect (ADS; PANAS) | Pre-/ Post-Design, including 3 points of measurement: at the beginning of therapy/ waiting period; immediately after completion of therapy/ waiting period; catamnestic measurement 6 months later |
| Community Integration (CIQ) | Pre-/ Post-Design, including 3 points of measurement: at the beginning of therapy/ waiting period; immediately after completion of therapy/ waiting period; catamnestic measurement 6 months later |
| Psychotherapie-Ambulanz Marburg |
| Marburg |
| Germany |
| D020196 | Trauma, Nervous System |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |