Multi-level outcomes for young adults with acquired brain injury through a remote intensive cognitive rehabilitation approach: a pilot intervention study.

This was a pilot study with 12 participants, and the control group was only 5, so the results are preliminary. The study may have been underpowered to find effects in several outcome domains. Many gains, including some participation, quality of life, therapy probe, and standardized assessment results, did not survive correction for multiple comparisons. The only standardized memory measure that showed a gain that survived correction was SCCAN Memory. The program combined lecture courses, seminar courses, computer exercises, and individual therapy, so the contribution of any single component cannot be separated. The Spring semester changed from in-person delivery to telepractice, and the Summer semester was entirely remote, so delivery format effects are hard to isolate. Outcomes were not consistent across treatment components or semesters.

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Do not conclude that the ICCR program works because exam scores improved. This was a pilot with 12 participants, the program combined lecture courses, seminar courses, computer exercises, and individual therapy, and many participation and quality of life gains were uncertain.