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Comparing Telehealth to In-person a Combined Metacognitive Training in Veterans With mTBI/PTSD
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) commonly experience cognitive impairments including attention and executive function deficits that interfere with their ability to engage in productive personal and social activities. Of the limited interventions available to address cognition, none rigorously train attention beyond strategy management. This study will evaluate an innovatively combined strategy training known as Goal Management Training plus computerized attention training in Veterans with mTBI/PTSD. Preliminary testing suggests an effectiveness in improving problem solving, attention and functional tasks in a small number of Veterans. Considering these promising results, cost effectiveness, and the demand for access to care from Veterans living in rural areas, a Randomized Controlled Trial will determine and compare the effects of this treatment, administered either in-person or via telehealth, on executive function, attention, other aspects of cognition and real life functional tasks.
Official title: Comparing the Effectiveness of Telehealth to In-person Delivery of a Combined Metacognitive and Attention Training in Veterans With mTBI/PTSD
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
30 Years - 55 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
63
Start Date
2022-11-01
Completion Date
2026-10-31
Last Updated
2025-10-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Goal Management Training plus Attention Training
GMT is a Power Point directed interactive group training to use a five point strategy to plan and execute complex tasks. Attention Training utilizes Brain HQ attention modules and individualized attention goals.
Brain Health Workshop and National Geographic Movies
BHW is a Power Point directed interactive training to learn about the brain and cognitive components. National Geographic Movies, participants select movies to watch with the therapists and answers questions regarding the content.
Locations (1)
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, Florida, United States