Interview to assess social cognition following ABI
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A new, semi-structured clinical interview to assess social cognition difficulties following acquired brain injury
IRAS ID
290759
Contact name
Francesca Happé
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
The new measure will be delivered to service-users and carers, recruited through opportunity sampling from the RNRU Outreach Team and the Adult Community Rehab Team (ACRT), Homerton University Trust. We are aiming to carry out all of the research remotely.
Prior to administering the new measure, the researchers will call participants to ensure they have been able to access the software needed for remote administrations. Participants meet with the researchers remotely on up to three occasions. On the first, participants will undergo one 1:1 interview where the new measure will be delivered. We anticipate this will take 60-90 minutes. After the initial interview, there will be a brief, separate call to carers of the participant for corroborating information. On the second occasion, participants will be administered established social cognition measure and a short battery of neuropsychological tests. Established measures of social cognition includes some self-report questionnaires which will be completed using the online platform Qualtrics.
The participant will be given the option to receive feedback on their social cognitive strengths and weaknesses in an optional third session. It will be made explicitly clear that this is optional and will not impact on their current or future care they receive.
The interview will be recorded to allow for ratings by the primary researcher and a second researcher, to assess inter-rater reliability. We hope to provide each participant a written summary of their social cognition profile following their participation.REC name
London - West London & GTAC Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/LO/0202
Date of REC Opinion
12 May 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion