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Role of Nintendo Wii in Improving Negative Symptoms and Quality of Life in Chronic Schizophrenia

Q

Queen's University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Schizophrenia

Treatments

Other: Nintendo Wii video console and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus games

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
Industry

Identifiers

NCT01761383
6006092

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of Nintendo Wii will help improve negative symptoms of Schizophrenia and quality of life of patients with chronic Schizophrenia.

Full description

The proposed study seeks to determine whether any benefit in daily functioning and quality of life can be gained from using the Nintendo Wii video game console in chronic mental illness, namely schizophrenia. There is a small research base on the use of the Wii console in elderly nursing home residents as a means of increasing mobility, with attendant benefits in areas such as falls, quality of life, and relief of subsyndromal depression. For individuals with schizophrenia, adjunct exercise therapy has been associated with gains in both psychiatric and physical symptoms. However, people with schizophrenia face physical and functional barriers in initiating and continuing organized activity programs. Thus, the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus interactive fitness video game is being proposed as a novel way of introducing and engaging people with schizophrenia in various forms of physical activity.

As the first study to assess the use of the Nintendo Wii in chronic mental illness, the purpose of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and the capacity of the Nintendo Wii in improving the health and functioning of people with severe, chronic schizophrenia. Although it is hypothesized that Nintendo Wii use will lead to gains in these domains, the information gained from this study will be used to determine specific areas of benefit and to assess whether any observed differences in outcome measures are sufficient to warrant a full-scale study. Furthermore, this initial study aims to pilot the interview schedule, clarify wording on the questionnaires, ensure that all important areas have been covered by the questionnaires, and determine whether participants are capable of meeting the demands of the study.

Enrollment

5 patients

Sex

Male

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia defined by the DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text Revision)
  • Males or females aged 18 years of older
  • Participate in the Community High Intensity Treatment Team (CHITT) out-patient program
  • Certified by their physician to participate in physical activity

Exclusion criteria

  • History of violence or other risks that may endanger study research assistants during home visits

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

5 participants in 1 patient group

Nintendo Wii and Chronic Schizophrenia
Experimental group
Description:
Participants enrolled in the study will be provided with the Nintendo Wii console and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus video games to use for the duration of the study (6 months) with no restrictions or limitations on the games participants are allowed to play or duration of play. There will be 5 home visits over a 6-month period to evaluate Nintendo Wii use and assess patients'health, functioning and quality of life with the use of self report questionnaires and psychiatric assessment.
Treatment:
Other: Nintendo Wii video console and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus games

Trial contacts and locations

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