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This study aims to test the feasibility of using exercises in virtual reality for cognitive training of patients with alcohol use disorder undergoing residential treatment.


Clinical Trial Description

Alcohol use disorder has been associated with diverse physical and mental morbidities. Among the main consequences of chronic and excessive alcohol use are cognitive and executive deficits. Some of these deficits may be reversed, with improvements in specific cognitive and executive domains, with behavioral approaches consisting in cognitive training. The advent of computer-based interventions may leverage these improvements, but RCTs on the use of digital interactive-based intervention are still scarce. The aim consists in exploring whether a cognitive training approach using virtual reality exercises based on activities of daily living is feasible for improving cognitive function in patients with alcohol use disorder undergoing residential treatment. The method consists in a two-arm randomized controlled trial with individuals recovering from alcohol use disorder in a therapeutic community that will be assigned to an experimental and a control group. The experimental group consists of virtual reality-based cognitive training whereas the control group of treatment-as-usual. A comprehensive neuropsychological battery of tests will be used consisting in tests for global cognition, executive functions, and specific tests form memory, attention and cognitive flexibility. The AB design will involve a baseline assessment before intervention and post-intervention assessment. ;


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NCT number NCT04505345
Study type Interventional
Source Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
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Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 30, 2017
Completion date July 30, 2024

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