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Innovativ multimodal og oppmerksomhetstrening for å forbedre følelseskommunikasjon hos veteraner med TBI og PTSD

28. september 2026 oppdatert av: VA Office of Research and Development

Poor emotion recognition has been associated with poor quality of interpersonal relationships, loss of employment, behavioral problems, reduced social reintegration, social isolation and even suicide. Deficits in emotion recognition are common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but these deficits have not been well studied in Veterans with both mild TBI (mTBI) and PTSD. Currently there are no interventions for emotion recognition in Veterans with mTBI and PTSD, and interventions for severe TBI have lacked training of both facial and vocal emotion recognition. In a preliminary study of an innovative combination of facial and vocal modalities, a multimodal affect recognition training (MMART) showed promise but lacked attention training that is an essential component in recognizing emotions in our daily lives. Given the need to improve relationships and productivity in Veterans with mTBI and PTSD, a study is needed to determine the effectiveness of a MMART combined with attention training.

Studieoversikt

Detaljert beskrivelse

Background. Deficits in emotion recognition are common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but these deficits have not been well studied in Veterans with both mild TBI (mTBI) and PTSD. Poor emotion recognition has been associated with poor quality of interpersonal relationships, loss of employment, behavioral problems, reduced social reintegration, social isolation and even suicide. Currently there are no interventions for emotion recognition deficits in Veterans with mTBI and PTSD, and interventions conducted in civilians with severe TBI have lacked training of both facial and vocal emotion recognition. In a preliminary study of an innovative combination of facial and vocal modalities, a multimodal affect recognition training (MMART) showed promise with significant improvement on the Florida Affect Battery (FAB) but lacked attention training that is an essential component in recognizing rapidly changing emotions in our everyday lives. Attention training using Brain HQ targets the required attention factors underlying emotion recognition. Given the need to improve relationships and productivity in Veterans with mTBI and PTSD, a randomized controlled trial is needed to determine the effectiveness of an innovative MMART combined with attention training to improve emotion recognition and everyday function.

Objective & Hypotheses. The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the treatment effect of a MultiModal Affect Recognition Training (MMART) combined with attention training in Veterans with TBI/PTSD.

Hypothesis 1. MMART combined with attention training will significantly improve performance on tests of emotion recognition.

Hypothesis 2: Treatment gains will translate to functional activities. Primary measures. Florida Affect Battery (FAB) and the Community Reintegration in Service members (CRIS).

Secondary measures. Emotion Recognition Task (ERT), attention index of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), the Continuous Performance Task and the TBI Quality of Life (TBI-QOL) Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities.

Methods. 20 Veterans with mTBI and PTSD will be randomized to either the combined training or an inactive control group. Both groups will attend 16, one-hour in-person sessions over 8 weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at pre-, post-, 3 month-post-treatment. A linear regression will be used to determine significant improvement of the treatment group over the control group, with t-tests to demonstrate within group improvement. Effect size calculations will be used to determine the power needed for a future Merit proposal.

Studietype

Intervensjonell

Registrering (Faktiske)

16

Fase

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Kontakter og plasseringer

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Studiesteder

    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, Forente stater, 32608-1135
        • North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL

Deltakelseskriterier

Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

25 år til 50 år (Voksen)

Tar imot friske frivillige

Nei

Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Veterans with a diagnosis of mTBI and PTSD based on VA/Department of Defense guidelines.
  • Emotion recognition deficit
  • Attention deficit
  • Corrected vision within normal limits
  • Hearing within normal limits
  • Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Premorbid history of schizophrenia
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Chronic medical or neurological diseases

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomisert
  • Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
  • Masking: Ingen (Open Label)

Våpen og intervensjoner

Deltakergruppe / Arm
Intervensjon / Behandling
Eksperimentell: MMART and attention training

Training to recognize affect and prosodic expressions of emotions combined with attention training.

8 session, trains participants to recognize expression of emotion from a variety of stimuli, including dynamic stimuli (e.g., video instead of still pictures) and it employs both facial and vocal examples of emotion expression.

Andre navn:
  • MMART

computerized attention drill training

Andre navn:
  • Hjernens hovedkontor
Placebo komparator: Brain Health Workshop and National Geographic Movies

an inactive arm that matches sessions of intervention. BHW is education about the brain and cognition. National Geographic movies are viewed with the clinician and the participant answers questions about the movies.

an education presentation on brain function and cognitive principles of learning with homework and quizzes on information covered.

Andre navn:
  • BHW

participant will watch movies and answer questions after

Andre navn:
  • filmer

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Florida Affect Battery (FAB), assessing change
Tidsramme: week 1, week 11, week 22

A standardized assessment of emotional affect and prosody recognition. normative scores range from 0-100 for each of the 12 subscales. Higher scores indicate better emotion recognition.

week 1, week 11, week 22
Community Reintegration of Service Members, assessing change
Tidsramme: week 1, week 11, week 22

Satisfaction questionnaire of community participation. Scores range from .43 to 2.15. 43 items with five rating options of 1-5. Higher scores indicate better community participation.

week 1, week 11, week 22

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Emotion Recognition Task, assessing change
Tidsramme: week 1, week 11, week 22

Computerized assessment of emotional affect recognition. Correct responses range from 0-48 (higher scores indicate better emotion recognition) and correct response time ranges from 0 to infinity (lower scores indicate quicker response time).

week 1, week 11, week 22
Continuous Performance Task, assessing change
Tidsramme: week 1, week 11, week 22

Computerized measures of sustained attention. 100 trials with accuracy ranging from 0-100 (higher scores indicate better attention) and response time from 0-60 (lower scores indicate quicker response time).

week 1, week 11, week 22
Attention Index of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, assessing change
Tidsramme: week 1, week 11, week 22

Digit span and symbol digit to assess attention. Scaled scores range from 1-19, with higher scores indicating better attention.

week 1, week 11, week 22
Traumatic Brain injury quality of life
Tidsramme: week 1, week 11, week 22

Quality of life questionnaire about community participation. 59 items with scores ranging from 59-295, with higher scores indicating better community participation.

week 1, week 11, week 22

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Etterforskere

  • Hovedetterforsker: Julia K. Waid-Ebbs, PhD, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL

Studierekorddatoer

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Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

1. desember 2022

Primær fullføring (Faktiske)

1. juli 2026

Studiet fullført (Antatt)

24. desember 2026

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

25. juli 2022

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

25. juli 2022

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

28. juli 2022

Oppdateringer av studieposter

Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)

2. oktober 2026

Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

28. september 2026

Sist bekreftet

1. juli 2026

Mer informasjon

Begreper knyttet til denne studien

Plan for individuelle deltakerdata (IPD)

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IPD-planbeskrivelse

Final data sets will be maintained locally and a de-identified, anonymized dataset will be made available in response to specific requests that meet the criteria described within this document and to data repositories i.e. FITBIR.

IPD-delingstidsramme

at closure of study and as long as FITBIR retains the data

Tilgangskriterier for IPD-deling

dependent on FITBIR criteria

IPD-deling Støtteinformasjonstype

  • ANALYTIC_CODE

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