Recruiting

Cognitive Support Technology

Sponsor:

Kent State University

Code:

NCT05054855

Conditions

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

: Cognitive Support Technology (CST)

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will fill important knowledge gaps in the availability of best practices that use innovative methods to integrate the cognitive and vocational needs of students with TBI who will be transitioning from 2- and 4-year postsecondary education to employment. Best practices exist from the assistive technology (AT) field to help people compensate for cognitive impairments, and from the vocational rehabilitation (VR) field to enhance employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. However, these practices have not been integrated to provide needed supports and services to improve the employment outcomes of students with TBI. The study's goal is to expand the availability of innovative practices by testing the efficacy of a technology-driven, long-term, and resource-rich individualized support program that merges assistive technology for cognition and vocational rehabilitation practices. The end products will include technology application guidelines, training and procedural manuals, and resource information that rehabilitation professionals and students with TBI can utilize to enhance technology and mentoring proficiency, academic success, self-determination, and long-term career success for students with TBI.

Conditions

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Study ID

NCT05054855

Start date

Mar 1, 2020

Status verified date

Sep, 2021

Completion date

Jun 30, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical diagnosis of TBI
  • Enrolled in a degree program at two-year and four-year colleges or universities
  • Live within a 60-mile radius of Kent, Ohio

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No exclusion criteria will be applied

Study Design

Enrollment

90 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Full Treatment

Steps of the Intervention Condition. Following an in-person session in which a pretest assessment is completed, each member of the intervention group will participate in three face-to-face sessions with the interventionist at the student's campus or at the interventionist's office to complete the CST component of the intervention.

active comparator: Abbreviated Treatment

Steps of the Control Condition. Following an inperson session in which the pretest assessment is completed, each member of the control group will participate in two telephone or Skype sessions with the interventionist to discuss her or his needs for electronic cognitive supports. An abbreviated version of Scherer's (2012) MPT assessment will be administered via telephone or Skype in the first of these virtually-administered sessions. In the second telephone or Skype session, the interventionist will summarize the results of the abbreviated MPT assessment, suggest a variety of cognitive enhancement apps for tablet computers or smart phones that the control group participant can consider.

Interventions

: Cognitive Support Technology (CST)

Cognitive Support Technology (CST) products and strategies are used to help people with disabilities compensate for or accommodate cognitive limitations (including those related to interpersonal communication and social cognition) that present difficulties for them in the performance of desired social roles, especially education and employment.

CSTs may be mainstream everyday technologies such as tablet computers or they may be specialized devices designed for specific goals such as step-by-step instruction in the performance of a particular task (Scherer, 2012).

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Grade Point Average (GPA) [ Time Frame: Baseline (enrollment in study) and 1 year (study completion) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mykal Leslie

3306725798mleslie8@kent.edu

Phillip D Rumrill

3306720600prumrill@kent.edu

Locations

Kent State University

Recruiting

Kent, Ohio, United States, 44242-0001

Contacts

Mykal J Leslie, PhD

330-672-5798mleslie8@kent.edu

Phillip D Rumrill, PhD

3306720600prumrill@kent.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Kent State University

Last update posted

Sep 23, 2021

Last verified

Sep, 2021

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kent State University on 2021-09-23.