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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 22 February 2013
Main ID:  ACTRN12606000437561
Date of registration: 11/10/2006
Primary sponsor: Individual Belinda Armstrong, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Public title: Improving prospective memory after brain injury.
Scientific title: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) use to improve goal-related memory failures after brain injury.
Date of first enrolment: 30/10/2006
Target sample size: 42
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12606000437561.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial  Parallel
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name:   Natasha Lannin
Address:  Rehabilitation Studies Unit PO Box 6, RYDE NSW 1680, Australia
Telephone: +61 2 98089236
Email: nlannin@mail.usyd.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Name:   Belinda Armstrong
Address:  Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney PO Box 6, RYDE NSW 1680, Australia
Telephone: +61 2 989071144
Email: ArmstroB@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: An acquired brain injury, who display functional memory failures.
Exclusion criteria: Physical disability which precludes participant from the use of the PDA or impaired learning capacity which precludes participant retraining.

Age minimum: 17 Years
Age maximum: 0 Not stated
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Brain Injury
Intervention(s)
Intervention group will receive occupational therapy training and use of a PDA for 8 weeks. Training will be individualised to each participant with respect to length and number of sessions however all participants will complete 8 PDA training modules. Modules cover content including:
During this 8 weeks, participants will receive training in use of paper diary and/or wall calendar, training to use task lists including prioritisation, and general time management education.
Primary Outcome(s)
Goal attainment scale score
Secondary Outcome(s)
Diary of memory failures
Memory Compensation Questionnaire
Memory Functioning Questionnaire
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test
Secondary ID(s)
No new secondary ID.
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Insurance Australia Group
Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Secondary Sponsor(s)
A/Prof Robyn Tate, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, The University of Sydney
Bronwyn McFarlane, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Dr Natasha Lannin, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, The University of Sydney
Jeanine Allaous, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
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