scholarly journals Evaluation of electrical aversion therapy for inappropriate sexual behaviour after traumatic brain injury: a single case experimental design study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (aug22 1) ◽  
pp. bcr0220125932-bcr0220125932
Author(s):  
B. J. ter Mors ◽  
C. M. van Heugten ◽  
P. N. van Harten
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Design Study

scholarly journals The use of a smartwatch as a prompting device for people with acquired brain injury: a single case experimental design study

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Jamieson ◽  
Mattia Monastra ◽  
Graeme Gillies ◽  
Rumen Manolov ◽  
Breda Cullen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Design Study

Improving Communication-specific Coping after Traumatic Brain Injury: Evaluation of a New Treatment using Single-case Experimental Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacinta M. Douglas ◽  
Lucy Knox ◽  
Carren De Maio ◽  
Helen Bridge
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Communication Breakdown ◽  
Severe Tbi ◽  
New Treatment

Background and aims: Impaired communication is a well-documented and enduring consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). As a result of this impairment, people with TBI frequently experience communication breakdown and associated stress. Typically, we use communication-specific coping strategies in situations characterised by communication breakdown. Productive strategies enhance message transfer; non-productive strategies do little to resolve problems and frequently result in negative social interaction. This research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a new treatment, Communication-specific Coping Intervention (CommCope-I), which specifically targets coping in the context of communication breakdown.Method: Single-case experimental design (A–B–A with follow-up using multiple probes) across two participants was used. Participants were Samantha, a 30-year-old woman who had sustained severe TBI 8 years previously, and Thomas, a 34-year-old man who had sustained severe TBI when he was 29 years old. CommCope-I is a 6-week programme which targets personally relevant productive coping strategies identified collaboratively with the client. Productive coping scripts are developed and practised through a series of graded scenarios that are evaluated with the aid of video recording.Results: Percentage of non-overlapping corrected data (PNCD) was used to analyse the results. PNCD involves a data-correction procedure to remove baseline trend from the data series prior to calculating the change produced as a result of intervention. A large treatment effect was demonstrated in both participants (PNCD: end of treatment Samantha = 100%, Thomas = 100%, 3-month follow-up Samantha = 100%, Thomas = 100%). These results are consistent with highly effective treatment.Conclusions: This study provides sound phase-1 evidence for the effectiveness of CommCope-I.

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