Irony Comprehension Ability of Chinese Speaking Patients With TBI

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Watching ironic stories

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04161573

201908029RINA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims at understanding irony comprehension ability of Chinese speaking patients with TBI through a series of self-made stories. Each story contains two characters having a conversation, and one of them would give a figurative (which is, ironic) or literal statement at the end of the story. The participants are asked to figure out its meaning.

Full description

The investigator plans to recruit TBI patients and control group whose gender and age accord with them, 15 people in each group. They would be asked to read the materials mentioned above displaying by a computer. It may take 30 minutes per time, and every participants only do once.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Above 20 years old
• Chinese speaking people
• Diagnosed as TBI patients for over 6 months
• Having no other neurological and mental related problems
• Able to read with or without assistive device like glasses

Exclusion criteria

• Addicted to alcohol or drug morbid and postmorbid
• Having any communication disorders

Trial design

120 participants in 5 patient groups

TBI group

Description:

15 people in this group. Each should be post TBI for 6 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching ironic stories

Control group to TBI

Description:

15 people in this group. Their gender and age accord with TBI group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching ironic stories

Aging group 1- 20 to 39

Description:

Normal people whose age range from 20 to 39.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching ironic stories

Aging group 2- 40 to 59

Description:

Normal people whose age range from 40 to 59.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching ironic stories

Aging group 3- above 60

Description:

Normal people whose age are above 60.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching ironic stories