A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Memory Training Programs in People With a Diagnosis of Mental Illness.

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Memory Impairment

Treatments: Other: Memory Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01708200

R.P. #12-3749

SJHH (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will compare the effectiveness of a psychoeducational memory program versus a computerized memory program in individuals with mental illness. Although improvements are expected with both form of interventions, we do not know which will provide maximal benefit in this population.

Full description

The aim of the current study is to compare two memory strategies, a top-down (i.e., educational and interventional)protocol vs. a bottom-up (computerized)protocol, in a population of individuals diagnosed with mental illness. Performance on ecologically validated memory tasks will be measured before and after each intervention protocol. Improvements are expected following each protocol. However, there is no evidence available to support added benefits from one protocol over another. As such, the current study will endeavour to contrast the two intervention types (top-down vs. bottom-up) to determine which, if any, provides maximal benefit.

Enrollment: 76 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Memory impairment equivalent to 1.5 std. dev. below average for age
• Speak and read English fluently

Exclusion criteria

• Older than 65 years of age
• Significant visual impairment (e.g., cataracts, macular degeneration)
• Motor impairment (e.g., hemiplegia on dominant side)
• Diagnosis of Dementia
• Alcohol and/or substance abuse (in past 3 months)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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76 participants in 1 patient group

Memory Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Two types of memory protocols (psychoeducational vs computerized) will be compared in a population of individuals with mental illness.

Treatment:

Other: Memory Intervention