Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Spontaneous Confabulation: a Replica Study
Memory Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Memory Disorders focused on measuring Confabulations, Neuropsychological rehabilitation, Memory
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- The presence of spontaneous confabulations after acute brain injury, for at least three months and without clinical improvement (interfering with the patient's daily life with frequent arguments and exhaustive supervision).
- The presence of momentary confabulations in the Spanish adaptation of Dalla Barba provoked confabulation interview.
- Prior to injury, all patients should be completely independent for daily living.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The presence of impairment in alertness.
- Dementia.
- Acute confusional state.
- A history of drug abuse.
- Psychiatric antecedents.
Sites / Locations
- San Rafael University Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
No Intervention
No Intervention
Neuropsychological treatment
Non-confabulators control group
Healthy control group
The tested treatment is a combination of neuropsychological rehabilitation procedures: learning, episodic memory recall after a delay, selective attention, inhibition of predominant responses and awareness of deficits.
Non-confabulators (brain injured patients but without confabulations) in this control group only performed the pre- and post-measurements without treatment.
Healthy participants in this control group only performed the pre- and post-measurements without treatment.