Efficacy of Metacognitive Training Single Modules: Jumping to Conclusions and To Empathize...

University of Warsaw

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia

Treatments: Behavioral: Metacognitive Training To Empathize; Behavioral: Group discussion; Behavioral: Metacognitive Training Jumping to Conclusion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02748486

BadaniaWłasne0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether modules of Metacognitive Training: Jumping to Conclusions and To empathize... are effective in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Also it was investigated whether these modules have specific impact on cognitive biases severity.

Full description

Investigators employ randomized controlled trial design. Patients in ward were recruited for the study in three waves. In each wave patients were assessed pre-intervention, then randomly allocated in one of three groups: with modules of Metacognitive Training or control group. Then patients were assessed post-intervention.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of psychotic disorders
• informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• neurological disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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38 participants in 3 patient groups

Jumping To Conculsions

Experimental group

Description:

Metacognitive Training Jumping to conclusions module

Treatment:

Behavioral: Metacognitive Training Jumping to Conclusion

Theory of Mind

Experimental group

Description:

Metacognitive Training To empathize... module

Treatment:

Behavioral: Metacognitive Training To Empathize

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

group discussion of current events

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group discussion