Cognitive Support Technology for Postsecondary Students With Traumatic Brain Injuries

Kent State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Treatments: Behavioral: : Cognitive Support Technology (CST)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05054855

20-068

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will fill important knowledge gaps in the availability of best practices that use innovative methods to integrate the cognitive and vocational needs of students with TBI who will be transitioning from 2- and 4-year postsecondary education to employment. Best practices exist from the assistive technology (AT) field to help people compensate for cognitive impairments, and from the vocational rehabilitation (VR) field to enhance employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. However, these practices have not been integrated to provide needed supports and services to improve the employment outcomes of students with TBI. The study's goal is to expand the availability of innovative practices by testing the efficacy of a technology-driven, long-term, and resource-rich individualized support program that merges assistive technology for cognition and vocational rehabilitation practices. The end products will include technology application guidelines, training and procedural manuals, and resource information that rehabilitation professionals and students with TBI can utilize to enhance technology and mentoring proficiency, academic success, self-determination, and long-term career success for students with TBI.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of TBI
• Enrolled in a degree program at two-year and four-year colleges or universities
• Live within a 60-mile radius of Kent, Ohio

Exclusion criteria

• No exclusion criteria will be applied

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Full Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Steps of the Intervention Condition. Following an in-person session in which a pretest assessment is completed, each member of the intervention group will participate in three face-to-face sessions with the interventionist at the student's campus or at the interventionist's office to complete the CST component of the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: : Cognitive Support Technology (CST)

Abbreviated Treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Steps of the Control Condition. Following an inperson session in which the pretest assessment is completed, each member of the control group will participate in two telephone or Skype sessions with the interventionist to discuss her or his needs for electronic cognitive supports. An abbreviated version of Scherer's (2012) MPT assessment will be administered via telephone or Skype in the first of these virtually-administered sessions. In the second telephone or Skype session, the interventionist will summarize the results of the abbreviated MPT assessment, suggest a variety of cognitive enhancement apps for tablet computers or smart phones that the control group participant can consider.

Treatment:

Behavioral: : Cognitive Support Technology (CST)