Efficacy of Metacognitive Training Single Modules: Jumping to Conclusions and To Empathize...

Efficacy of Metacognitive Training Single Modules: Jumping to Conclusions and To Empathize... Among Patients of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Ward With Diagnosis of Schizophrenia.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether modules of Metacognitive Training: Jumping to Conclusions and To empathize... are effective in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Also it was investigated whether these modules have specific impact on cognitive biases severity.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Metacognitive Training Jumping to Conclusion; Behavioral: Metacognitive Training To Empathize; Behavioral: Group discussion

Detailed Description

Investigators employ randomized controlled trial design. Patients in ward were recruited for the study in three waves. In each wave patients were assessed pre-intervention, then randomly allocated in one of three groups: with modules of Metacognitive Training or control group. Then patients were assessed post-intervention.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 38
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of psychotic disorders
• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• neurological disorders

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Jumping To Conculsions; Metacognitive Training Jumping to conclusions module	Behavioral: Metacognitive Training Jumping to Conclusion; Therapeutical intervention based on cognitive-behavioural therapy paradigm. Addresses cognitive bias of schizophrenia patients - jumping to conclusion.
Experimental: Theory of Mind; Metacognitive Training To empathize... module	Behavioral: Metacognitive Training To Empathize; Therapeutical intervention based on cognitive-behavioural therapy paradigm. Addresses cognitive bias of schizophrenia patients - Theory of Mind deficits.
Sham Comparator: Control; group discussion of current events	Behavioral: Group discussion; Group discussion of current events

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Fish Task	variation of Beads Task used for measurement of jumping to conclusion	up to 3h after intervention
Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test	used for measurement of Theory of Mind aspects	up to 3h after intervention
Cognitive Biases Questionnaire for Psychosis	used for measurement of cognitive biases characteristic for psychotic patients	up to 3h after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Symptom Checklist 27 plus	screening tool for psychopathology symptoms	up to 3h after intervention
Paranoia Checklist	questionnaire used for assessment of paranoid ideation	up to 3h after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Warsaw
• Collaborators: Medical University of Warsaw; Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw
• Investigators: Study Chair: Łukasz Gawęda, MD, Medical University of Warsaw

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Baron-Cohen S, Wheelwright S, Hill J, Raste Y, Plumb I. The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2001 Feb;42(2):241-51.
• Moritz S, Woodward TS. Jumping to conclusions in delusional and non-delusional schizophrenic patients. Br J Clin Psychol. 2005 Jun;44(Pt 2):193-207. doi: 10.1348/014466505X35678.
• Kuncewicz D, Dragan M, Hardt J. [Validation of the Polish version of the symptom checklist-27-plus questionnaire]. Psychiatr Pol. 2014 Mar-Apr;48(2):345-58. Polish.
• Freeman D, Garety PA, Bebbington PE, Smith B, Rollinson R, Fowler D, Kuipers E, Ray K, Dunn G. Psychological investigation of the structure of paranoia in a non-clinical population. Br J Psychiatry. 2005 May;186:427-35. doi: 10.1192/bjp.186.5.427.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): April 22, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): April 22, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2016
• Last Verified: April 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: randomized controlled trial; schizophrenia; metacognitive training; single sessions
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia; Psychotic Disorders; Mental Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: BadaniaWłasne0001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No