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Complex Problem Solving Training in Schizophrenic Patients

NCT00507988 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 91

Last updated 2009-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary purpose of the study is to assess whether a planning and problem-solving training is more effective in improving work therapy performance in patients with schizophrenia than traditional training programs addressing basic cognitive functions.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Complex Problem Solving Training

10 sessions of 45 minutes complex problem solving training over 3 weeks (including 30 minutes of computerized planning and problem-solving training with Plan-A-Day and 15 minutes group session for transfer to everyday situations)

BEHAVIORAL

Basic Cognitive Training

10 sessions over 3 weeks of 45 min basic cognitive training (including 45 min computerized training of attention, processing speed, memory)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matthias Weisbrod, MD · SRH Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Department of Psychiatry

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

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