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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) |
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Information provided by: | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00061399 |
Prospective memory (PM) is memory to complete future tasks, such as recalling to give a note to someone when you next see them, pick up milk on the way home, or remembering to keep an appointment. This study will evaluate PM in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Psychosocial, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | Prospective Memory in Normal and Head-Injured Children |
Estimated Enrollment: | 178 |
Study Start Date: | July 2002 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2005 |
While much has been learned about how children with TBIs learn and recall stories, word lists, and pictures, little is known about how they perform PM tasks. Impairment in PM could have serious implications for academic and vocational pursuits. This study will investigate PM in children with mild or severe TBI. The study will focus on three major themes: 1) strategies that may help children with TBI overcome or minimize their PM deficits; 2) how specific areas of cognition can be impaired following TBI and in turn impair PM; and 3) the impact of PM deficits on a child’s daily functioning, both at school and at home. The study will also evaluate children without TBI (control group).
Each child will participate in one study evaluation. The evaluation will last approximately 4 hours, with a lunch break and other rest breaks as necessary. Assessments will include neuropsychological tests of attention, memory, and general intellectual functioning. Experimental tasks will include measures of metacognition for prospective memory, elucidation of strategic versus automatic processes involved in PM, and the effect of motivation manipulations in overcoming PM deficits with varying working memory loads. The child’s parent or guardian will also be asked to complete some tests to measure the impact of PM deficits on the child’s daily home life.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 9 Years to 18 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria
Additional Inclusion Criteria for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury
Exclusion Criteria
Study ID Numbers: | K23HD40896 |
Study First Received: | May 27, 2003 |
Last Updated: | April 2, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00061399 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
TBI Prospective memory |
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Trauma, Nervous System Brain Diseases Brain Injuries |
Craniocerebral Trauma Nervous System Diseases Wounds and Injuries Disorders of Environmental Origin |
Central Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Brain Diseases Brain Injuries |