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Compensatory Strategies Applied to Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia

NCT01055509 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2013-06-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Cognitive Adaptation Training are effective in comparison with conventional treatment, focusing on social functions, symptoms, relapse, re-hospitalisation, and quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Adaptation Training

All patients receive treatment as usual. Additionally, patients in the intervention arm receives training concerning solving concrete problems related to the patient's daily life using tools such as schedules, schemes and signs. Additional the patient can receive SMS messages or instructions for the use of schedules in cell-phones to prompt for activities. The intervention is conducted in the patients homes every 14th day in a period of six months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lise Hounsgaard, PhD · Research Unit of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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