Affect Recognition: Enhancing Performance of Persons With Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)

In brief

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of three training programs designed to teach persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) to recognize emotions. It is hypothesized that the training programs will enhance several aspects of emotion recognition in persons with ABI. Furthermore, it is expected that these effects will be maintained over time, and will positively influence participants' social behavior and integration.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00283153

Run by

University at Buffalo

People needed

71

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2014-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age between eighteen and sixty-five years old.
• At minimum, one year post-injury.
• Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of 12 or less, or stroke with hemi-paresis signifying a moderate to severe acquired brain injury.
• A TBI that resulted in either a closed or open head injury or a stroke that resulted in severe disability
• Perform at least one standard deviation below the norm on the DANVA2-Adult Faces test, a standardized assessment of facial affect recognition.
• Verbally able to express a basic understanding of emotional descriptors (e.g. Happy, sad, angry, fearful).
• Demonstrate basic comprehension for short paragraphs presented in 2 ways: 1)auditorily and 2)silent reading. This measure is part of the Discourse Comprehension Test.

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosed mental illness.
• Uncorrected visual acuity.
• Uncorrected hearing impairment.
• Perceptual impairment (visual neglect and/or visual discrimination).
• Impaired verbal expression/ aphasia
• Alcohol or substance abuse.

Where it is running

• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States
• Carolinas HealthCare System — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Brock University — St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
• Massey University — Wellington, New Zealand

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