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dc.contributor.authorPiovesana, A.
dc.contributor.authorRoss, S.
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, O.
dc.contributor.authorWhittingham, K.
dc.contributor.authorZiviani, J.
dc.contributor.authorWare, R.
dc.contributor.authorMcKinlay, L.
dc.contributor.authorBoyd, Roslyn
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T08:16:19Z
dc.date.available2017-10-30T08:16:19Z
dc.date.created2017-10-30T08:03:10Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationPiovesana, A. and Ross, S. and Lloyd, O. and Whittingham, K. and Ziviani, J. and Ware, R. and McKinlay, L. et al. 2017. A randomised controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal therapy program to improve executive functioning in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury. Clinical Rehabilitation. 31 (10): pp. 1351-1363.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57258
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0269215517695373
dc.description.abstract

© The Author(s) 2017. Objective: To examine the efficacy of a multi-modal web-based therapy program, Move it to improve it (Mitii™) delivered at home to improve Executive Functioning (EF) in children with an acquired brain injury (ABI). Design: Randomised Waitlist controlled trial. Setting: Home environment. Participants: Sixty children with an ABI were matched in pairs by age and intelligence quotient then randomised to either 20-weeks of Mitii™ training or 20 weeks of Care As Usual (waitlist control; n=30; 17 males; mean age=11y, 11m (±2y, 6m); Full Scale IQ=76.24±17.84). Fifty-eight children completed baseline assessments (32 males; mean age=11.87±2.47; Full Scale IQ=75.21±16.76). Main Measures: Executive functioning was assessed on four domains: attentional control, cognitive flexibility, goal setting, and information processing using subtests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System (D-KEFS), Comprehensive Trail Making Test (CTMT), Tower of London (TOL), and Test of Everyday Attention for Children (Tea-Ch). Executive functioning performance in everyday life was assessed via parent questionnaire (Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning; BRIEF). Results: No differences were observed at baseline measures. Groups were compared at 20-weeks using linear regression with no significant differences found between groups on all measures of EF. Out of a potential total dose of 60 hours, children in the Mitii™ group completed a mean of 17 hours of Mitii™ intervention. Conclusion: Results indicate no additional benefit to receiving Mitii™ compared to standard care. Mitii™, in its current form, was not shown to improve EF in children with ABI.

dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.titleA randomised controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal therapy program to improve executive functioning in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume31
dcterms.source.number10
dcterms.source.startPage1351
dcterms.source.endPage1363
dcterms.source.issn0269-2155
dcterms.source.titleClinical Rehabilitation
curtin.departmentSchool of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
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