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Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Roshan das Nair, Nadina B Lincoln, Deborah Ftizsimmons, Nicola Brain, Alan Montgomery, Lucy Bradshaw, Avril Drummond, Catherine Sackley, Gavin Newby, Jim Thornton and 2 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03237676 (The Effect of Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy in Improving Cognitive Function of Attention Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03237676 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy in Improving Cognitive Function of Attention Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MalayaRan2017 to 2019Enrolled90ConditionsMild Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive ImpairmentArmsStructured cognitive rehabilitation therapy, Patient-centred cognitive therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on Memory.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Roshan das NairDivision of Rehabilitation and Ageing, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. Roshan.nair@nottingham.ac.uk.
Nadina B Lincoln
Deborah Ftizsimmons
Nicola Brain
Alan Montgomery
Lucy Bradshaw
Avril Drummond
Catherine Sackley
Gavin Newby
Jim Thornton
Sandip Stapleton
Anthony Pink
University of Nottingham · GBQueen's Medical Centre · GBCountess of Chester Hospital · GBRoyal Derby Hospital · GBSwansea University · GBUniversity of East Anglia · GB

Funding

Department of Health 10/57/24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImpairments of memory are commonly reported by people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Such deficits are persistent, debilitating, and can severely impact quality of life. Currently, many do not routinely receive follow-up appointments for residual memory problems following discharge. METHODS/

designThis is a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a group-based memory rehabilitation programme. Three hundred and twelve people with a traumatic brain injury will be randomised from four centres. Participants will be eligible if they had a traumatic brain injury more than 3 months prior to recruitment, have memory problems, are 18 to 69 years of age, are able to travel to one of our centres and attend group sessions, and are able to give informed consent. Participants will be randomised in clusters of 4 to 6 to the group rehabilitation intervention or to usual care. Intervention groups will receive 10 weekly sessions of a manualised memory rehabilitation programme, which has been developed in previous pilot studies. The intervention will include restitution strategies to retrain impaired memory functions and compensation strategies to enable participants to cope with their memory problems. All participants will receive a follow-up postal questionnaire and an assessment by a research assistant at 6 and 12 months post-randomisation. The primary outcome is the Everyday Memory Questionnaire at 6 months. Secondary outcomes include the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test-3, General Health Questionnaire-30, health related quality of life, cost-effectiveness analysis determined by the EQ-5D and a service use questionnaire, individual goal attainment, European Brain Injury Questionnaire (patient and relative versions), and the Everyday Memory Questionnaire-relative version. The primary analysis will be based on intention to treat. A mixed-model regression analysis of the Everyday Memory Questionnaire at 6 months will be used to estimate the effect of the group memory rehabilitation programme. DISCUSSION: The study will hopefully provide robust evidence regarding the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a group-based memory rehabilitation intervention for civilians and military personnel following TBI. We discuss our decision-making regarding choice of outcome measures and control group, and the unique challenges to recruiting people with memory problems to trials.

trial registrationISRCTN65792154; Date: 18 October 2012.

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MemoryResearch DesignAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedBrain InjuriesClinical ProtocolsCognitive Behavioral TherapyCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHealth Care CostsHumansIntention to Treat AnalysisMaleMemory Disorders

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PMID25559090
PMCPMC4326469
OpenAlexW2099251724

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