NCT04637100

Gaming Apps Post-Stroke

Effect of Free Mobile or Tablet-based Applications on Stroke-Related Cognitive Impairment in Inpatient Rehabilitation

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Loma Linda University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators aim to explore the effect of puzzle mobile or tablet-based games on problem-solving impairment resulting from a first-time stroke. This is a randomized-controlled trial with the intervention arm consisting of puzzle gaming applications and the control arm consisting of stroke-relevant educational videos provided and encouraged throughout the course of participants' acute inpatient rehabilitation stay.

Detailed description

Study subjects will be randomized to a control or experimental group and allocation will be concealed. The experimental group will consist of the subject utilizing their personal mobile or tablet device to play a pre-selected set of problem-solving games for a goal of 1 hour daily. The control group will utilize their personal mobile or tablet device to perform the non-problem-solving task of watching educational videos of their choice from a pre-selected set of videos for the same amount of time daily. The intervention gaming arm will be provided different gaming apps if they lose interest or find a particular game too easy or too difficult. The control video arm will be provided different educational videos according to their needs that may change throughout their inpatient stay.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Cognitive Impairment
• Executive Dysfunction
• Cognitive Change
• Cognitive Deficit

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mobile or tablet-based gaming applications	Subject will use their own personal smartphone or tablet device to play from a collection of pre-selected gaming applications. The collection is made of puzzle-type games available on both Android and iOS without excessive ads and with clear or self-explanatory instructions. Subject will be instructed to play for 1 hour daily for the duration of their acute inpatient rehabilitation stay (approximately 3 weeks).
OTHER	Stroke-related educational videos	Subject will use their own personal smartphone or tablet device to watch videos from a collection of pre-selected educational videos. These include topics on stroke recognition, stroke recovery process, patient experiences with stroke, rehabilitation after stroke, activities of daily living equipment instructions. Subject will be instructed to watch for 1 hour daily for the duration of their acute inpatient rehabilitation stay (approximately 3 weeks).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-01
• Primary completion: 2022-04-01
• Completion: 2022-04-01
• First posted: 2020-11-19
• Last updated: 2021-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States