Develop a Novel Occupational Training Program for Schizophrenia Patients Based on Virtual Reality Techniques

Schizophrenia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Develop a Novel Occupational Training Program for Schizophrenia Patients Based on Virtual Reality Techniques

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05830903
• Other study ID #: 201904105RINB
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: Yi Ling Chien
• Phone: 886-2-2312-3456
• Email: ylchien[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Establish a novel vocational training program and test its validity in a pilot study.

Description:

40 schizophrenia patients will be recruited to join the virtual reality based vocational training program, the training effect will be compared by interview skills and problem solving before and after the training.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a diagnosis of schizophrenia based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -5th version

• Aged between 20 and 55 years.

• Motivated to have a job.

• Having a full-scale IQ > 70 on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-version IV.

• Having a PANSS positive scale < 70, indicating a stable condition during the illness course.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Comorbid with other major psychiatric disorders (i.e., bipolar disorders) or neurological diseases.

• Substance abuse within one year.

• Visual impairment and/or hearing impairment that would preclude participation in the VR-based training program.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Impairment
• Schizophrenia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• VR-assisted occupational training
VR-assisted occupational training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	clinical ratings of schizophrenia symptoms	The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) is a 30-item rating scale completed by trained research staff. Scores for positive, negative, cognitive disorganization, emotional discomfort, and hostility/excitement symptoms were derived from factor-derived scoring published.; * There are 30 different symptoms rated from 1 to 7 (total score of 210). Higher the score, worse the symptoms	8 weeks
Primary	vocational skills	Job interview role-play performance will be scored across nine domains: conveying oneself as a hard worker, sounding easy to work with, conveying that one behaves professionally, negotiation skills (requesting one day off), sharing things in a positive way, sounding honest, sounding interested in the position, comfort level, and establishing rapport	8 weeks
Primary	global improvement	Clinical Global Impression Improvement scale (CGI-I) rating scales are commonly used measures of symptom severity, treatment response and the efficacy in treatment studies of patients with mental disorders. It is a 7-point scale that require clinician to assess how much the patient's illness has improved or worsened relative to baseline. "1" meaning very much improved, "7" meaning very much worsen.	8 weeks