Status:
UNKNOWN
Occupational Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Executive Functions in Patients With Schizophrenia
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sao Paulo
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Conditions:
Refractory Schizophrenia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-55 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Primary Objective: Efficacy of Occupational Therapy (OT) based Occupational Goal Intervention (OGI) in improving executive functions in patients with refractory schizophrenia as measured by the BADS....
Detailed Description
A single-center, randomized, single blind, controlled study, lasting one year, including the follow-up. The study is conducted in two groups:the experimental group is based on the OGI method (N=30 pa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pacients with diagnosis of schizophrenia for DMS IV-R.
- Pacients that signed the consent in writing and receive explanations about the nature of the study.
- Patients who carefully counted another responsible person to provide reliable support to the patient and ensure adherence to the same study treatment.
- Patients with minimum education: five years (elementary school).
- Patients who present rates below those expected for their age group in at least 3 of the executive functions assessed on neuropsychological tests, and evaluation of executive functions.
- Patients with stable clozapine and which have not been recently admitted (3 months).
Exclusion
- Comorbid diagnosis of substance dependence or other psychiatric Axis I;
- History of head trauma and / or other neurological problems;
- Medical problems that compromise somehow the central nervous system;
- History of mental retardation;
- Patients treated with medication other than clozapine;
- Patients who are suffering other psychosocial treatments.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01879956
Start Date
February 1 2012
End Date
September 1 2014
Last Update
June 18 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Instituto de Psiquiatria do HCFMUSP
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05403000