Trial reportBMC medicine2021
Rehabilitation of executive function in chronic paediatric brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03215342 (Cognitive Rehabilitation in Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury - a Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Cognitive Rehabilitation in Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury - a Randomized Controlled Trial
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of an individualized and goal-oriented intervention in the chronic phase of pediatric acquired brain injury: the Child in Context Intervention (CICI)-a randomized controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with paediatric acquired brain injury: Secondary data analysis from a randomised controlled trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
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- Cognitive rehabilitation in paediatric acquired brain injury-A 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Intelligence and executive function are associated with age at insult, time post-insult, and disability following chronic pediatric acquired brain injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Sleep Disturbance and Its Association With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Attention in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Predictors of Functional School Outcome in Children With Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Assessment of Executive Function in Everyday Life-Psychometric Properties of the Norwegian Adaptation of the Children's Cooking Task.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundImpaired executive functions (EFs, i.e., purposeful, goal-directed behaviour) cause significant disability after paediatric acquired brain injury (pABI) warranting efficient interventions. Goal Management Training (GMT) is a metacognitive protocol proven effective for executive dysfunction in adults. This pre-registered, blinded, parallel-randomized controlled trial evaluated efficacy of a paediatric adaptation (pGMT) compared to a psychoeducative control (paediatric Brain Health Workshop, pBHW) to improve EF.
methodsChildren aged 10 to 17 years with pABI (e.g., traumatic brain injury, brain tumour), ≥ 1 year post-onset or ended treatment, with parent-reported EF complaints were eligible. Participants were randomized (computer-algorithm) to either group-based pGMT (n = 38) or pBHW (n = 38). The active control was tailored to keep non-specific factors constant. Thus, both treatments comprised of 7 sessions at hospitals over 3 consecutive weeks, followed by 4 weeks of telephone counselling of participants, parents, and teachers. Parent-reported daily life EF, assessed by the questionnaire Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF; Behavioral Regulation Index (BRI) and Metacognition Index (MI)), were co-primary outcomes 6 months post-intervention. Secondary outcomes included neuropsychological tests and a complex naturalistic task (Children's Cooking Task).
resultsSeventy-three participants (96%) completed allocated interventions and 71 (93%) attended the 6-month follow-up. The results demonstrated no significant difference in effectiveness for the two interventions on parent-reported EF: For BRIEF
conclusionsIn pABI, metacognitive training (pGMT) did not demonstrate additional effectiveness on parent-reported daily life EF at 6-month follow-up, when compared to a psychoeducative control. Both interventions were well-tolerated and demonstrated distinct improvements at different EF assessment levels. To conclude on pGMT efficacy, larger studies are needed, including further investigation of appropriate assessment levels and possible differences in effect related to treatment duration, developmental factors, and injury characteristics.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov , NCT0321534211, 11 July 2017.
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