A Working Memory Training in Burnout Patients

April 18, 2014 updated by: Ingmar Franken, Erasmus Medical Center
Burnout patients show deficient working memory functioning. Several studies showed a training can increase working memory capacity. In the current study we explored whether training working memory can reduce burnout and burnout related symptoms and increase working memory capacity.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Netherlands
    • Gelderland
      • Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6800 AC
        • Recruiting
        • HSK
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sabine Wanmaker, MSc

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 67 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • undifferentiated somatoform disorder with a work related cause

Exclusion Criteria:

  • age which exceeded the range of 18 to 67 years
  • a severe major depressive episode
  • substance dependence or abuse

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Working memory training
Behavioral: Working memory training
Placebo Comparator: Placebo training
Behavioral: Placebo training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Utrechtse Burnout Scale (UBOS) score on pre and post training and two months after training
Time Frame: Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
The Dutch translation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach, & Jackson, 1996), the Utrechtse Burnout Scale-A, measures the severity of burnout symptoms.
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) score on pre and post training and two months after training
Time Frame: Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
The Cognitive Failure Questionnarie measures the frequency of participants' experienced cognitive failures regarding memory, action, perception and attention.
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90) score on pre and post training and two months after training
Time Frame: Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
The Dutch version of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (Derogatis, 1977) is a 90-item self-report questionnaire which measures psychosocial distress of the last week - including the day of testing - on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely).
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
Change in Digit Span score on pre and post training and two months after training
Time Frame: Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
The Digit Span consists of two parts with 14 trials each: the forward Digit Span measures short term memory, whereas the backward version measures WM.
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
Change in Reading Span partial-credit unit score on pre and post training and two months after training
Time Frame: Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
The Reading Span assesses the processing and storage functions of WM (Shipstead et al., 2012).
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Erasmus Medical Center

Collaborators

HSK

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 8, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 18, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

April 22, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 22, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 18, 2014

Last Verified

April 1, 2014

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 3

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