Exploring Hand Function in People With Schizophrenia Based on Perspective of Sensorimotor Control

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Other: no intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04941677

B-ER-109-188

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to explore the hand function in people with schizophrenia in the chronic stage.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 20-65 years old
• Diagnosis with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder by psychiatrists according to DSM5.
• Remaining the same antipsychotics and the symptom was stable for at least one month before the study.
• Be able to follow comments and have sufficient cognitive ability assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination score >24

Exclusion criteria

• Substance abuse or other medical conditions that may affect movements.
• Using other non-antipsychotics that will affect movements in the same period.

Trial design

37 participants in 1 patient group

schizophrenia group

Description:

No intervention age between 20-65, diagnosed schizophrenia by DSM-5.

Treatment:

Other: no intervention