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- Clinical Trial NCT03677635
The Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Motivation
September 17, 2018 updated by: King's College London
Is There a Relationship Between Memory for Past Events and Motivation for Future Activities?
People with a diagnosis of psychosis often experience low motivation and pleasure when thinking about doing future activities.
This leads, quite understandably, to doing fewer activities they used to enjoy and not taking up opportunities to do new activities.
One model suggests that this may be partly due to difficulties using memories of previous events to help boost motivation and anticipation before a future activity.
Research shows that people with psychosis may recall previous events in less detail.
These memories therefore may not be as helpful as they could be for motivation.
This study will investigate this by asking people with experience of psychosis and low motivation who are seen by a care team in South London and Maudsley NHS Trust to attend two research sessions.
In the first session they will be asked to recall memories of events from their lives and the researcher will assess how detailed they are and how much they refer to the past and future.
Alongside this task people will also be asked to complete measures of symptoms such as low pleasure and motivation as well as a measure of depression.
These will be used to find out if the detail and specificity of the memories are related to these symptoms in people with psychosis.
The second half of the study will then investigate whether additional prompts to support positive memory retrieval can increase the specificity of this and subsequently improve mood, motivation and self-belief.
Participants will be randomised to one of two groups.
The clinical group will be guided through their memory recall using prompts and a control group will be asked to recall positive memories without prompts.
If we show that supporting memory recall is beneficial then memories for past events may be an important target for future therapies.
Study Overview
Status
Unknown
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
40
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
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London, United Kingdom, BR3 3BX
- South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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London, United Kingdom, SE5 8AF
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, KCL
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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 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- A diagnosis of non-affective psychosis (as determined by medical records).
- Above 18yrs old.
- A score of at least 18 on the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms.
- A sufficient command of the English language to engage with the research materials
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lack of capacity to provide informed consent.
- Primary diagnosis of intellectual disability, head injury, substance misuse or known organic cause of psychosis
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: Basic Science
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention
Guided autobiographical memory recall to enhance specificity and links to the future.
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Participants are asked to recall positive autobiographical memories with the assistance of prompts to promote specificity, generalisability and links to the future.
The participants will also view a 5min psychoeducation video on the subject of memory specificity and motivation.
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No Intervention: Control
Recall without prompts or psychoeducation video.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Motivation
Time Frame: Immediately before and after completing the intervention (20mins apart)
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A change in ratings on a visual analogue scale assessing motivation to repeat the same activity recalled in the future.The scale is rated from 0-100 and a higher score indicated better outcome.
This scale will be reported separately and not combined with others.
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Immediately before and after completing the intervention (20mins apart)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Anticipatory Pleasure
Time Frame: Immediately before and after completing the intervention (20mins apart)
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A change in ratings on a visual analogue scale assessing how pleasant that activity is anticipated to be if repeated.The scale is rated from 0-100 and a higher score indicated better outcome.
This scale will be reported separately and not combined with others.
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Immediately before and after completing the intervention (20mins apart)
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Change in Self-efficacy
Time Frame: Immediately before and after completing the intervention (20mins apart)
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A change in ratings on a visual analogue scale assessing how able the participant feels to engage in that activity if repeated.The scale is rated from 0-100 and a higher score indicated better outcome.
This scale will be reported separately and not combined with others.
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Immediately before and after completing the intervention (20mins apart)
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
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 (Actual)
May 18, 2017
Primary Completion (Actual)
March 31, 2018
Study Completion (Anticipated)
January 31, 2019
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
February 10, 2017
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 17, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
September 19, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
September 19, 2018
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 17, 2018
Last Verified
September 1, 2018
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 214063
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
UNDECIDED
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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