NCT00658450

Rehabilitation Program for Cognitive Deficits in Ugandan Children After Cerebral Malaria

A Randomised Trial to Investigate the Effect of a Rehabilitation Program for Cognitive Deficits in Ugandan Children After Cerebral Malaria.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 123 (actual)
• Sponsor: Makerere University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether computerised cognitive rehabilitation training improves cognition in children who have had cerebral malaria.

Detailed description

Cerebral malaria affects several children in sub-Saharan Africa leaving some survivors with cognitive problems especially in attention and memory. There are currently no tested interventions for such deficits resulting from infectious diseases like malaria or other causes. Providing such interventions will go a long way in helping these children achieve their full potential.

Conditions

• Malaria, Cerebral

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive rehabilitation training	A computerised cognitive training package where children will be required to complete several cognitive tasks. The aim is to strengthen the different cognitive processes during these tasks which in turn may lead to improve cognitive processes. Children will complete these tasks in 16 session for 8 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2010-10-01
• First posted: 2008-04-15
• Last updated: 2012-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Uganda