Compensatory Cognitive Training For Schizophrenia

Taoyuan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. Taiwan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Behavioral: Compensatory Cognitive Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04040998

TaoyuanMH

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to investigate the effects of compensatory cognitive training plus treatment as usual (CCT+TAU) versus treatment as usual (TAU) on on self-esteem, self-efficacy, quality of life, and self-stigma for schizophrenia.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of schizophrenia, based on the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for research (World Health Organization, 1992)
• age from 20 to 65
• attending day care center regularly for at least 3 months
• taking stable dose of medication for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• comorbid autism spectrum disorder
• comorbid mental retardation
• lacking the reading and writing skills

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

CCT+TAU group

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in CCT+TAU group received compensatory cognitive training plus treatment as usual. The CCT intervention consisted of two 50-minute sessions each week for 10 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Compensatory Cognitive Training

TAU group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in TAU group received usual treatment at the same time as CCT+TAU group.