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Systematic review| Volume 100, ISSUE 8, P1515-1533, August 2019

Evidence-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation: Systematic Review of the Literature From 2009 Through 2014

Published:March 26, 2019DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2019.02.011

      Abstract

      Objectives

      To conduct an updated, systematic review of the clinical literature, classify studies based on the strength of research design, and derive consensual, evidence-based clinical recommendations for cognitive rehabilitation of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke.

      Data Sources

      Online PubMed and print journal searches identified citations for 250 articles published from 2009 through 2014.

      Study Selection

      Selected for inclusion were 186 articles after initial screening. Fifty articles were initially excluded (24 focusing on patients without neurologic diagnoses, pediatric patients, or other patients with neurologic diagnoses, 10 noncognitive interventions, 13 descriptive protocols or studies, 3 nontreatment studies). Fifteen articles were excluded after complete review (1 other neurologic diagnosis, 2 nontreatment studies, 1 qualitative study, 4 descriptive articles, 7 secondary analyses). 121 studies were fully reviewed.

      Data Extraction

      Articles were reviewed by the Cognitive Rehabilitation Task Force (CRTF) members according to specific criteria for study design and quality, and classified as providing class I, class II, or class III evidence. Articles were assigned to 1 of 6 possible categories (based on interventions for attention, vision and neglect, language and communication skills, memory, executive function, or comprehensive-integrated interventions).

      Data Synthesis

      Of 121 studies, 41 were rated as class I, 3 as class Ia, 14 as class II, and 63 as class III. Recommendations were derived by CRTF consensus from the relative strengths of the evidence, based on the decision rules applied in prior reviews.

      Conclusions

      CRTF has now evaluated 491 articles (109 class I or Ia, 68 class II, and 314 class III) and makes 29 recommendations for evidence-based practice of cognitive rehabilitation (9 Practice Standards, 9 Practice Guidelines, 11 Practice Options). Evidence supports Practice Standards for (1) attention deficits after TBI or stroke; (2) visual scanning for neglect after right-hemisphere stroke; (3) compensatory strategies for mild memory deficits; (4) language deficits after left-hemisphere stroke; (5) social-communication deficits after TBI; (6) metacognitive strategy training for deficits in executive functioning; and (7) comprehensive-holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation to reduce cognitive and functional disability after TBI or stroke.

      Keywords

      List of abbreviations:

      APT (Attention Process Training), CogSMART (Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Therapy), CO-OP (Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance), CRTF (Cognitive Rehabilitation Task Force), CVA (cerebrovascular accident), GMT (Goal Management Training), MST (Metacognitive Strategy Training), NFT (Neurofunctional Training), PCS (postconcussion symptoms), PM (prospective memory), PST (problem-solving therapy), PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), RCT (randomized controlled trial), SOT (standard occupational therapy), TBI (traumatic brain injury), TPM (time pressure management), VR (virtual reality), WM (working memory)
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