Memory deficits after brain damage are common and there is still a need for evaluated therapy methods. In this study we compare two therapeutic interventions and investigate whether therapy effects can be found on neuropsychological tests and on a test measuring memory in everyday life.
In the interventiongroup a computerbased working memory training is combined with a recollection training (repitition-lag procedure). The patients in the active control group undergo the standard memory therapy that is normally provided in the rehabilitation centre (with a focus on the acquisition and execution of different memory strategies, e.g. the spaced retrieval method). The patients in both groups are tested on different neuropsychological tests before and after nine hours of therapy. Additionally, a test is conducted that assesses memory in everyday life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
36
Learning and practicing Memory strategies
Computerbased Working Memory Training in Combination with a Recollection Training
Rehabilitationszentrum GmbH
Oldenburg, Deutschland, Germany
Test to assess change in memory performance in everyday life
The test includes different single tasks that measure memory in everyday life e.g. Story recall (Subtest 6 from the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test) Outcome measure: Total number of points
Time frame: baseline and 9 hours
Outcome change in different neuropsychological tests
Tests for verbal memory, working memory, prospective memory, attention and word fluency (Composite scores built from raw scores)
Time frame: baseline and 9 hours
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