Michelle G Jansen, Joukje M Oosterman, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Digo Chakraverty, Roy P C Kessels, Elke Kalbe, Mandy Roheger
{"title":"Classification Of MeMory InTerventions: Rationale and developmental process of the COMMIT tool.","authors":"Michelle G Jansen, Joukje M Oosterman, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Digo Chakraverty, Roy P C Kessels, Elke Kalbe, Mandy Roheger","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236346","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Over the last decades, numerous memory interventions have been developed to mitigate memory decline in normal ageing. However, there is a large variability in the success of memory interventions, and it remains poorly understood which memory intervention programs are most effective and for whom. This is partially explained by the heterogeneity of memory intervention protocols across studies as well as often poor reporting of the study design. To facilitate a reporting framework that enables researchers to systemize the content and design of memory intervention paradigms, we developed the Classification Of MeMory InTerventions (COMMIT) tool using a 3-stage developmental process. Briefly, COMMIT was based on qualitative content analysis of already existing memory intervention studies published between April 1983 and July 2020, and iteratively validated by both internal and external expert panels. COMMIT provides an easily-applicable interactive tool that enables systematic description of memory intervention studies, together with instructions on how to use this classification tool. Our main goal is to provide a tool that enables the reporting and classification of memory interventions in a transparent, comprehensible, and complete manner, to ensure a better comparability between memory interventions, and, to ultimately contribute to the question which memory intervention shows the greatest benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"679-700"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9964984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual reality-based attention training in patients with neurological damage: A pilot study.","authors":"Lukas Lorentz, Kristina Müller, Boris Suchan","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236349","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virtual Reality has been shown to be a valid tool to assess cognitive functions in an ecologically valid way. However, evidence regarding its effectiveness as a treatment option for cognitive rehabilitation has been limited. Furthermore, its potential to facilitate the transfer of training effects to patients' everyday life is still poorly studied. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a VR-based attention training and its transfer to attentional functioning in everyday life. Nineteen inpatients with neurological disorders and attentional deficits underwent daily 30-min VR training sessions over a two-week period. Attentional functions were assessed before and after the training period using several computerized tests, two self-constructed behavioral tasks, and a questionnaire assessing patients' subjective attentional functioning. Pre-Post-analyses show significant decreases in reaction times in the computerized alertness and selective attention tests. Transfer to the behavioral tasks and self-report data could not be observed. Despite the specificity of the changes, confounding effects cannot entirely be ruled out due to the lack of a control group. Results suggest that training was effective in improving attentional functioning along neuropsychological measures, but did not elicit transfer to an ecologically valid or subjective level. Implications for the future development of VR interventions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"701-720"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9829441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arielle M Levy, Michael M Saling, Jacqueline F I Anderson
{"title":"Psychological distress and gender predict cognitive complaint after adult civilian mild traumatic brain injury in pre-morbidly healthy adults.","authors":"Arielle M Levy, Michael M Saling, Jacqueline F I Anderson","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236348","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subjective cognitive symptoms are common after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and are associated with important outcome factors including return to work. This study examined self-reported cognitive symptoms in mTBI and trauma controls (TCs), and explored psychological distress and gender as predictors of these symptoms. Pre-morbidly healthy adults with mTBI (<i>n</i> = 68) and general trauma (<i>n</i> = 40) were prospectively recruited from inpatient hospital wards and assessed 6-10 weeks post-injury. Primary measures included self-reported cognitive symptoms, post-concussion symptoms, and psychological distress. Groups were matched on all background variables, including objective cognitive performance. Within this context, subjective cognitive symptoms were significantly elevated after mTBI relative to TCs (<i>t</i> <i>= </i>3.396, <i>p</i> = .001). In contrast, there was no difference in post-concussion symptoms between groups (<i>t</i> <i>= </i>1.275, <i>p</i> = .206). Psychological distress (<i>β</i> = .536, <i>p</i> < .001) and gender (<i>β</i> = .253, <i>p</i> = .012) predicted subjective cognitive symptoms in mTBI, with females and those with higher distress reporting greater symptoms. Unlike general post-concussion symptoms, subjective cognitive symptoms were elevated after mTBI relative to TCs, suggesting that mTBI-specific factors underly this elevation. Females and individuals with high psychological distress are important subgroups to consider for potential intervention following mTBI.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"721-741"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10364871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Theo Dimitriadis, Delia Della Porta, Johanna Perschl, Andrea W M Evers, Wendy L Magee, Rebecca S Schaefer
{"title":"Motivation and music interventions in adults: A systematic review.","authors":"Theo Dimitriadis, Delia Della Porta, Johanna Perschl, Andrea W M Evers, Wendy L Magee, Rebecca S Schaefer","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2224033","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2224033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Music is increasingly used in a wide array of settings, from clinical recovery to sports or well-being interventions. Motivation related to music is often considered as a possible working mechanism for music to facilitate these processes, however this has not previously been systematically evaluated. The current systematic review considered studies that involved music (therapy) interventions, together with motivation-related measures such as wanting to practise, liking the musical activities, or patient adherence to an intervention. Our objective was to examine whether music is related to increased motivation in task performance and/or rehabilitation settings, and whether this is in turn related to better clinical or training outcomes. Seventy-nine studies met the inclusion criteria, the majority of which (85%) indicated an increased level of motivation with music as compared to without. Moreover, in those studies where motivation was increased, clinical or other outcomes were improved in most cases (90%). These results support the notion of motivation as an underlying mechanism of music-based interventions, but more robust evidence is needed to ascertain which mechanisms are crucial in increasing motivation from a behavioural, cognitive, and neurobiological point of view, as well as how motivational mechanisms relate to other factors of effectiveness in music-based paradigms.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"649-678"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9672976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cerebral blood flow and structural connectivity after working memory or physical training in paediatric cancer survivors - Exploratory findings.","authors":"Kirstin Schuerch, Matthias Grieder, Valetin Benzing, Valerie Siegwart, Andrea Federspiel, Nedelina Slavova, Claus Kiefer, Jochen Roessler, Regula Everts","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2356294","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2356294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Paediatric cancer survivors often suffer from cognitive long-term difficulties. Consequently, strengthening cognition is of major clinical relevance. This study investigated cerebral changes in relation to cognition in non-brain tumour paediatric cancer survivors after working memory or physical training compared to a control group. Thirty-four children (≥one-year post-treatment) either underwent eight weeks of working memory training (<i>n</i> = 10), physical training (<i>n</i> = 11), or a waiting period (<i>n</i> = 13). Cognition and MRI, including arterial spin labelling and diffusion tensor imaging, were assessed at three time points (baseline, post-training, and three-month follow-up). Results show lower cerebral blood flow immediately after working memory training (<i>z</i> = -2.073, <i>p</i> = .038) and higher structural connectivity at the three-month follow-up (<i>z</i> = -2.240, <i>p</i> = .025). No cerebral changes occurred after physical training. Short-term changes in cerebral blood flow correlated with short-term changes in cognitive flexibility (<i>r</i> = -.667, <i>p</i> = .049), while long-term changes in structural connectivity correlated with long-term changes in working memory (<i>r</i> = .786, <i>p</i> = .021). Despite the caution given when interpreting data from small samples, this study suggests a link between working memory training and neurophysiological changes. Further research is needed to validate these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A pilot rating system to evaluate the quality of goal attainment scales used as outcome measures in rehabilitation.","authors":"Charles Pradeau, Severine Estival, Virginie Postal, Virginie Laurier, Céline Maugard, Marie-Eve Isner-Horobeti, Fabien Mourre, Agata Krasny-Pacini","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2343150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2343150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a method for writing person-centred approach evaluation scales that can be used as an outcome measure in clinical or research settings in rehabilitation. To be used in a research setting, it requires a high methodological quality approach. The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility and reliability of the GAS quality rating system, to ensure that GAS scales used as outcome measures are valid and reliable. Secondary objectives were: (1) to compare goal attainment scores' reliability according to how many GAS levels are described in the scale; and (2) to explore if GAS scorings are influenced by who scores goal attainment. The GAS scales analysed here were set collaboratively by 57 cognitively impaired adults clients and their occupational therapist. Goals had to be achieved within an inpatient one-month stay, during which clients participated in an intervention aimed at improving planning skills in daily life. The GAS quality rating system proved to be feasible and reliable. Regarding GAS scores, interrater reliability was higher when only three of the five GAS levels were described, i.e., \"three milestone GAS\" (0.74-0.92), than when all five levels were described (0.5-0.88), especially when scored by the clients (0.5 -0.88).</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A window into the reality of families living long term with challenging behaviours after a TBI.","authors":"Charlotte Hendryckx, Mélanie Couture, Nadia Gosselin, Emily Nalder, Mireille Gagnon-Roy, Geneviève Thibault, Carolina Bottari","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2354402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2354402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Challenging behaviours are a long-term burden for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families. Families frequently shoulder the responsibility alone, but little is known about the strategies they use to manage these behaviours. This study aimed to 1) identify the coping strategies used by people with TBI living in the community and their family caregivers to manage challenging behaviours; and 2) describe the similarities and differences between strategies used by people with TBI and caregivers. In this qualitative descriptive design, individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with adults with TBI and their caregivers and were inductively analyzed. The sample included 10 dyads and two triads, totalling 12 caregivers (8 women) and 14 individuals with TBI (6 women; 21.71 ± 10.84 years post-injury). Participants' strategies were proactive (prevention), reactive (response), or retroactive (aftercare). Most strategies were described by caregivers. Some of them were effective and lasting, others not, reflecting how they adapted their approaches over time. Families put in place various strategies in their life's journey, such as giving feedback or adapting the environment. Despite these strategies supporting long-term community living, the need for ongoing support is underscored, as crises may still occur, impacting families' quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141089143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michal Pieniak, Marta Rokosz, Paulina Nawrocka, Aleksandra Reichert, Barbara Zyzelewicz, Mehmet K Mahmut, Anna Oleszkiewicz
{"title":"Null cross-modal effects of olfactory training on visual, auditory or olfactory working memory in 6- to 9-year-old children.","authors":"Michal Pieniak, Marta Rokosz, Paulina Nawrocka, Aleksandra Reichert, Barbara Zyzelewicz, Mehmet K Mahmut, Anna Oleszkiewicz","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2343484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2343484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Systematic exposure to odours (olfactory training, OT) is a method of smell loss treatment. Due to olfactory system projections to prefrontal brain areas, OT has been hypothesized to enhance cognitive functions, but its effects have been studied predominantly in adults. This study tested OT effects on working memory (WM), i.e., the ability to store and manipulate information for a short time, in healthy children aged 6-9 years. We expected OT to improve olfactory WM and establish cross-modal transfer to visual and auditory WM. Participants performed 12 weeks of bi-daily OT with either 4 odours (lemon, eucalyptus, rose, cloves; OT group) or odourless propylene glycol (placebo group). Pre- and post-training, participants' WM was measured utilizing odours (olfactory WM) or pictures (visual WM) and a word-span task (auditory WM). 84 children (40 girls) completed the study. The analyses revealed no changes in the WM performance following OT. The olfactory WM task was the most difficult for children, highlighting the need to include olfactory-related tasks in educational programmes to improve children's odour knowledge and memory, just as they learn about sounds and pictures. Further neuroimaging research is needed to fully understand the impact of OT on cognitive functions in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140959842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C Lebely, E Lepron, C Villepinte, S Scannella, X De Boissezon
{"title":"Assessment of executive function impairments in adults with acquired brain injury across single-case experimental design: A scoping review of primary outcomes.","authors":"C Lebely, E Lepron, C Villepinte, S Scannella, X De Boissezon","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2345410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2345410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of single-case experimental design (SCED) to evaluate cognitive remediation is growing. SCEDs require rigorous methodology and appropriate choice of primary outcomes. To review primary outcomes that assess executive function impairments in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O'Malley framework and the PRISMA extension for scoping review (PRISMA-ScR). Five databases were searched resulting in the inclusion of twenty-one studies. Primary outcomes were extracted and classified according to the type of measure, ecological setting and sources of possible bias. A wide variety of primary outcomes were identified; the majority of which evaluated behavioural performance during a real-life activity or in a real-life simulated setting. The most frequent bias observed across outcomes was the coaching effect. The findings of this scoping review highlight the importance of selecting appropriate outcomes for repeated measures in SCED studies. Direct observation of the target behaviour is a potential gold standard for assessing the effectiveness of a cognitive intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-35"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140917559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing the Oxford Digital Multiple Errands Test (OxMET) to a real-life version: Convergence, feasibility, and acceptability.","authors":"Sam S Webb, Nele Demeyere","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2344326","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2344326","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We aimed to assess the convergence, feasibility, and acceptability of the Oxford Digital Multiple Errands Test (OxMET) and the in-person Multiple Errands Test-Home version (MET-Home). Participants completed OxMET, MET-Home, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and questionnaires on activities of daily living, depression, technology usage, mobility, and disability. Forty-eight stroke survivors (mean age 69.61, 41.67% female, and average 16.5 months post-stroke) and 50 controls (mean age 71.46, 56.00% female) took part. No performance differences were found for healthy and stroke participants for MET-Home, and only found below <i>p</i> = .05 for OxMET but not below the corrected <i>p</i> = .006. Convergent validity was found between MET-Home and OxMET metrics (most <i>r</i> ≥ .30, <i>p </i>< .006). MET-Home accuracy was related to age (B = -.04, <i>p </i>= .03), sex (<i>B</i> = -.98, <i>p</i> = .03), disability (<i>B</i> = -0.63, <i>p </i>= .04), and MoCA (<i>B</i> = .26, <i>p </i>< .001), whereas OxMET accuracy was predicted by MoCA score (<i>B</i> = .40, <i>p </i>< .001). Feedback indicated that the OxMET was easy and fun and more acceptable than the MET-Home. The MET-Home was more stressful and interesting. The MET tasks demonstrated good convergent validity, with the OxMET digital administration providing a more feasible, inclusive, and acceptable assessment, especially to people with mobility restrictions and more severe stroke.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140908990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}