Improving Adherence to Cognitive Rehabilitation

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychosis

Treatments: Behavioral: motivational interviewing; Behavioral: learning style interviews

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02481713

D1790-R

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of study is to evaluate impact of brief motivational interviewing vs. feedback on learning styles in improving attendance to cognitive training

Full description

This study is evaluating whether motivational enhancement can improve outcomes of cognitive rehabilitation in Veterans with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Approximately 120 individuals will be randomized to either a 2-session motivational interview (MI, experimental condition) or a 2-session assessment and feedback on learning styles (CI, active control), and will then be asked to participate in 4 months of cognitive rehabilitation. Booster MI or CI sessions will be administered monthly over the course of the cognitive rehabilitation. Primary outcome is number of cognitive rehabilitation sessions attended.

Enrollment: 114 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of psychotic disorder
• 18 years old or older

Exclusion criteria

• meeting criteria for substance abuse/dependence in past 30 days
• psychiatric hospitalization in past 30 days
• change in psychiatric medications in past 30 days
• severe auditory/visual impairment
• evidence of developmental disability

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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114 participants in 2 patient groups

MI condition

Experimental group

Description:

motivational interview condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: motivational interviewing

CI condition

Sham Comparator group

Description:

learning style interview condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: learning style interviews