The Effect of Computerized Cognitive Training on Mood and Thinking Style Amongst Patients in Inpatient Settings

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Computerized Cognitive Training on Mood and Thinking Style Amongst Patients in Inpatient Settings

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02958228
• Other study ID #: 325
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 4, 2016
• Last updated: March 27, 2018
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: March 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Ruhr University of Bochum
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to establish feasibility and provide initial estimates of efficacy of two computerized cognitive training procedures (a form of Positive Mental Imagery Training, PMIT, and a form of Cognitive Control Training, CCT) delivered as adjuncts to treatment as usual (TAU) in inpatient mental health treatment settings.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 57
• Est. completion date: March 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18 years or above

• Sufficient German language skills

• Receiving treatment in a participating inpatient clinic during the timeframe of the study (i.e. they must be able to complete the training entirely within their admission).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Existence of a condition or circumstances that would interfere with completion of the study procedures (e.g. severe visual impairment, neurological problem, acute psychosis or substance withdrawal symptoms)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anhedonia
• Anxiety
• Depression

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Positive Mental Imagery Training (PMIT)

• Cognitive Control Training (CCT)

Other:
• Treatment as Usual

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Nexus-Klinik	Baden-Baden
Germany	St. Marien Hospital Eickel	Herne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ruhr University of Bochum

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Self-report mood/cognitions over the previous day (Likert scales)	Ratings will be made up to 8 times over the two-week intervention period (between baseline and post-intervention)	Baseline, up to 2 weeks post-baseline
Other	State mood pre and post each training session (Likert scales)	Ratings of state mood will be made pre and post each session of PMIT or CCT by participants in the Positive Mental Imagery Training and Cognitive Control Training arms.	Baseline, up to 2 weeks post-baseline
Other	Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire		Baseline
Other	Feedback Questionnaire		Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Primary	21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect Schedules	The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson & Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, & Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.	Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Secondary	21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect Schedules	The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson & Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, & Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.	Baseline, Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Secondary	Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale	An extended 26-item version of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS; Rizvi et al., 2015) will be administered.	Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Secondary	Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self Report		Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Secondary	GAD-7		Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Secondary	Positive Mental Health Scale		Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Secondary	Prospective Imagery Test		Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Secondary	Scrambled Sentences Test (SST)		Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Secondary	Implicit Associations Test (IAT)		Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)