Gaming Apps Post-Stroke (GAPS)

Loma Linda University (LLU)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Cognitive Change; Cognitive Impairment; Stroke; Cognitive Deficit; Executive Dysfunction

Treatments: Other: Mobile or tablet-based gaming applications; Other: Stroke-related educational videos

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04637100

5200471

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aim to explore the effect of puzzle mobile or tablet-based games on problem-solving impairment resulting from a first-time stroke. This is a randomized-controlled trial with the intervention arm consisting of puzzle gaming applications and the control arm consisting of stroke-relevant educational videos provided and encouraged throughout the course of participants' acute inpatient rehabilitation stay.

Full description

Study subjects will be randomized to a control or experimental group and allocation will be concealed. The experimental group will consist of the subject utilizing their personal mobile or tablet device to play a pre-selected set of problem-solving games for a goal of 1 hour daily. The control group will utilize their personal mobile or tablet device to perform the non-problem-solving task of watching educational videos of their choice from a pre-selected set of videos for the same amount of time daily. The intervention gaming arm will be provided different gaming apps if they lose interest or find a particular game too easy or too difficult. The control video arm will be provided different educational videos according to their needs that may change throughout their inpatient stay.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age 18-89
2. Hospitalized at Loma Linda East Campus Rehabilitation Hospital
3. First time stroke patient
4. mild to moderate problem-solving impairment without severe deficit in any other cognitive domain on admission speech evaluation
5. Have daily access while inpatient to a personally owned Apple or Android smartphone or tablet device prior to the initial session.

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to understand and follow verbal and written instructions in English
2. Presence of aphasia that limits device use or ability to provide consent
3. Presence of pre-stroke speech, language, or cognitive disorder
4. Unable to operate device due to cognitive, physical, or visual impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

The patient will utilize their personal mobile or tablet device to play a pre-selected set of problem-solving games for a goal of 1 hour daily for the duration of their inpatient rehabilitation stay (approximately 3 weeks).

Treatment:

Other: Mobile or tablet-based gaming applications

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patient will utilize their personal mobile or tablet device to watch a pre-selected set of stroke-related educational videos for a goal of 1 hour daily for the duration of their inpatient rehabilitation stay (approximately 3 weeks).

Treatment:

Other: Stroke-related educational videos