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ArticleFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2023

Executive function improvement in response to meta-cognitive training in chronic mTBI / PTSD.

J Kay Waid-Ebbs, Pey-Shan Wen, Tyler Grimes, Somnath Datta, William M Perlstein, Carol Smith Hammond, Janis J Daly

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Article in Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

J Kay Waid-EbbsDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA), Rehabilitation Research and Development, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Pey-Shan WenDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Tyler GrimesDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Somnath DattaDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
William M PerlsteinDepartment of Clinical & Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Carol Smith HammondAudiology and Speech Pathology Service, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, United States.
Janis J DalyDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA), Rehabilitation Research and Development, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Case Western Reserve University · USDurham VA Medical Center · USGeorgia State University · USRehabilitation Research and Development Service · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Florida Health · USUniversity of North Florida · US

Funding

RRD VA I01 RX003984RRD VA IK2 RX000902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: We tested Goal Management Training (GMT), which has been recommended as an executive training protocol that may improve the deficits in the complex tasks inherent in life role participation experienced by those with chronic mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disease (mTBI/PTSD). We assessed, not only cognitive function, but also life role participation (quality of life). Methods: We enrolled and treated 14 individuals and administered 10 GMT sessions in-person and provided the use of the Veterans Task Manager (VTM), a Smartphone App, which was designed to serve as a "practice-buddy" device to ensure translation of in-person learning to independent home and community practice of complex tasks. Pre-/post-treatment primary measure was the NIH Examiner, Unstructured Task. Secondary measures were as follows: Tower of London time to complete (cTOL), Community Reintegration of Service Members (CRIS) three subdomains [Extent of Participation; Limitations; Satisfaction of Life Role Participation (Satisfaction)]. We analyzed pre-post-treatment, Results: There was statistically significant improvement for the NIH EXAMINER Unstructured Task ( Conclusions and Clinical Significance: In Veterans with mTBI/PTSD in response to GMT and the VTM learning support buddy, there was significant improvement in executive cognition processes, sufficiently robust to produce significant improvement in community life role participation. The individual variations support need for precision neurorehabilitation. The positive results occurred in response to treatment advantages afforded by the content of the combined GMT and the employment of the VTM learning support buddy, with advantages including the following: manualized content of the GMT; incremental complex task difficulty; GMT structure and flexibility to incorporate individualized functional goals; and the VTM capability of ensuring translation of in-person instruction to home and community practice, solidifying newly learned executive cognitive processes. Study results support future study, including a potential randomized controlled trial, the manualized GMT and availability of the VTM to ensure future clinical deployment of treatment, as warranted.

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cognitioncomplex functional tasksexecutive functionlife role participationpost-traumatic stress disorderquality of lifetraumatic brain injury

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PMID37484602
PMCPMC10360208
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