NCT04551027

Assessing the Effect of Compensatory Cognitive Intervention Among People With Severe Mental Illness

Assessing the Effect of Compensatory Cognitive Intervention for Functional Capacity, Cognitive Functions and Severity of Symptoms Among People With Severe Mental Illness

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shalvata Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of a short term compensatory cognitive group intervention - the Compensatory Cognitive Training (CCT) among people with severe mental illnesses, receiving ambulatory treatment

Detailed description

This study includes two experimental arms to research cognitive compensatory group treatment in severe mental illness population. The study consists of 4 primary phases: recruitment, assessment, intervention and post-intervention assessment. Two arms involve an ambulatory participants. participants are assigned to an intervention or control group according to the order of recruitment. Assessment and post-assessment phases include assessments of functional capacity, cognitive functions and severity of symptoms. Intervention includes 12 group sessions in a small group of five participants, focusing on learning compensatory strategies aimed to improve attention, concentration, learning, memory, organization, and problem-solving in order to improve everyday functioning. Interventions will be performed in addition to standard ambulatory treatment. The control group will receive standard ambulatory treatment only.

Conditions

• Mood Disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	compensatory cognitive treatment	a brief group compensatory cognitive intervention including 12 meetings of 1 hour in a group of five and focuses on these cognitive domains: prospective memory, vigilance and attention, memory and learning and executive functions

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-09-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2020-09-16
• Last updated: 2020-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel