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Cognitive Rehabilitation for Gulf War Illness
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Problem-Solving Therapy and Health Education for Gulf War Illness. Completed, enrolled 268 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed Summary
There are almost 700,000 Gulf War Veterans (GWV) with 25-30% suffering from a devastating multi-symptom illness coined Gulf War Illness (GWI). GWV with GWI report significant activity limitations and chronic cognitive problems consistent with problem-solving deficits. Problem-solving is considered the most complex of cognitive abilities and is what enables us to conduct complicated behaviors such as setting goals, sequencing and multi-tasking. As a result studies have found that problem-solving deficits are prospectively related to a greater risk of disability. Despite published reports documenting these problems there are no treatments that target the problem-solving deficits of GWI. This proposal seeks to determine whether Problem-Solving Therapy, a patient centered cognitive rehabilitation therapy, can reduce disability by compensating for problem-solving deficits.
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Interventions
Problem-Solving Therapy is a treatment approach that teaches patients strategies to address real-life problems.
Health Education provides didactic information about Gulf War Illness