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

NCT01761383 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2016-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Chronic Schizophrenia

Interventions

OTHER

Nintendo Wii video console and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus games

The intervention will be provision of Nintendo Wii console and Wii Fit Plus video games to use for the duration of the study 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Walmart

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin Feakins, M.D. · Department of Psychiatry at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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