A Working Memory Training in Burnout Patients

Erasmus University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Burnout

Treatments: Behavioral: Working memory training; Behavioral: Placebo training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02119962

3

Details and patient eligibility

About

Burnout patients show deficient working memory functioning. Several studies showed a training can increase working memory capacity. In the current study we explored whether training working memory can reduce burnout and burnout related symptoms and increase working memory capacity.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• undifferentiated somatoform disorder with a work related cause

Exclusion criteria

• age which exceeded the range of 18 to 67 years
• a severe major depressive episode
• substance dependence or abuse

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Working memory training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Working memory training

Placebo training

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Placebo training