The effect of internet-based cognitive rehabilitation in persons with memory impairments after severe traumatic brain injury
Primary objective: The current study examined whether cognitive rehabilitation delivered over the Internet was associated with improvements in functioning.Research design: A total of 14 individuals with medically documented traumatic brain injury completed this study. Participants completed 30 sessions of an active calendar acquisition intervention and 30 sessions of a control diary intervention in a cross-over study design for a total of 60 online sessions. All sessions were completed using an instant messaging system via the Internet. Measures of cognitive functioning, ratings of memory and mood and frequency of use of common memory and cognitive compensation techniques were gathered from participants and family members.Main outcomes and results: There were no significant differences between the active and control conditions on the primary outcome measure of memory functioning. However, significant improvements in use of compensatory strategies as well as family reports of improved memory and mood were ...
With the rapid development trend of the mobile instant messaging service,service providers are facing the consumers′ retention problem.It′s more important to understand the determinants of consumers′ continuance usage.In this paper,we developed a consumers′ post adoption model based on TPB theory and made the contribution on the antecedents of the research model.We argued that consumers should be seen as the trinity of technique user,service consumer and network member in mobile service context.Then we collected 401 subjects′ data from a survey and used the SEM method to test the hypotheses.The research findings supported most parts of our hypotheses.Some suggestions for subsequent researchers and practitioners seeking to understand mobile instant messaging services post adoption behavior are also provided.