Abstract Details

Title Analysis of the Efficacy of a Therapuetic Cognitve Training Program for Memory/Neuropsychological Deficits in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury

Topic Neural Repair/Rehabilitation

Presentation(s) P04 - (-)

Poster/Presentation
Number 025

Objective

Background BACKGROUND: The goal was to statistically analyze differences seen clinically as well as on testing in individual patients on measures of neuropsychological status and memory.

Design/Methods DESIGN/METHODS: Adults referred for assessment of memory and neuropsychological deficits following traumatic brain injury (age 19 to 72 years, n=24). The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Doors and People Test, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVSMT-R), and the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT-II) were utilized to assess areas of functioning prior to and following participation in a therapeutic treatment program.

Results RESULTS: Findings revealed statistically significant differences in scores for initial and re-evaluation testing following treatment. Paired samples t-tests revealed significant differences between initial and re-evaluation scores for the shapes test (p=.039), the names test (p=0.03), and overall recall (p= 0.30) on the Doors and People test. There was a significant difference between the initial and re-evaluation test scores for trial 2 (p=.030), trial 3 (p= .052), and delayed recall (p=.033) of the BVSMT-R. There was a significant difference between the initial and re-evaluation test scores for the CVLT for the T-score total for trials one to five (p= .008), short delay free recall (p= .006), long delay free recall (p=.001), and long delay cued recall (p=.005). There was a significant difference between the initial and re-evaluation test scores for attention on the RBANS (p=.013).

Conclusions CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate that therapeutic intervention has been beneficial in recovering functioning in a clinic population of adults with traumatic brain injury. Improvements in the areas of attention, visual, verbal, and delayed memory were accomplished in as short a duration of time as 3 months of treatment.

Authors/Disclosures
Barbara C. Fisher, PhD PRESENTER	No disclosure on file
	No disclosure on file
Alasdair Coles, MD, PhD (University of Cambridge)	Dr. Coles has nothing to disclose.

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