Thinking Skills for Work in Severe Mental Illness (TSW)
20 de agosto de 2013 actualizado por: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Cognitive Rehabilitation and Supported Employment for Severe Mental Illness
The purpose of this study is help people with serious mental illness and receiving vocational rehabilitation get and keep the job they want by improving their thinking skills, such as attention and memory, using computer exercises and other strategies.
One half of the participants in the study will receive vocational rehabilitation and the exercises to improve thinking skills, and the other half will receive just vocational rehabilitation.
All participants will receive an assessment of symptoms and thinking skills at the beginning of the study and 6, 12, and 24 months later.
Work activity during the 24 months in the study will be collected.
It is expected that those participants who receive the practice of their thinking skills will be more likely to get and keep the job they want compared with people who do not receive this treatment.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
This randomized controlled trial is evaluating the effectiveness of a pilot-tested, manualized cognitive remediation intervention entitled the "Thinking Skills for Work Program" by comparing it to enhanced supported employment services in clients with severe mental illness (SMI) who are participants in high fidelity supported employment programs at the Greater Mental health Center of Manchester and Thresholds, Inc., Chicago, Il, but who have had difficulty getting or keeping jobs.
Participants are randomized to either the Thinking Skills for Work (cognitive remediation +supported employment; CT+SE) or enhanced supported employment (E-SE), with cognitive, symptom, and quality of life assessments performed at baseline, 3 months (following the completion of the computerized cognitive training component of the Thinking Skills for Work program), 12 months, and 24 months, and employment data gathered over the full 2-year period.
For the E-SE condition, supported employment services are enhanced by training provided to the employment specialists regarding to recognize cognitive problems related to work performance, and how employment specialists can teach clients coping strategies for managing these problems.
Primary analyses will focus on testing the hypotheses that the Thinking Skills for Work Program (CT+SE) leads to better cognitive functioning and better competitive work outcomes over the 2-year follow-up period compared to the E-SE program.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
110
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
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Ubicaciones de estudio
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Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 60613
- Thresholds, Inc.
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New Hampshire
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Manchester, New Hampshire, Estados Unidos, 03103
- Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
18 años y mayores (Adulto, Adulto Mayor)
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Todos
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chronic mental disorder
- Minimum age 18
- Unemployed
- Wants employment
- Must be a recipient of services at one of two participating agencies
- Fluent in English
- Willing and legally able to provide informed consent to participate in study -Subjects with court appointed legal guardians will be included
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of neurological conditions that impair cognition
Plan de estudios
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¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Único
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Comparador activo: Supported Employment Only
Supported employment is an evidence based practice designed to help people with serious mental illness obtain competitive work.
This vocational model adheres to the principles of zero inclusion, rapid job search, no prevocational training, attention to client preferences and integration with clinical services.
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Supported Employment is an evidence based vocational rehabilitation program
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Experimental: Thinking Skills for Work
The Thinking Skills for Work Program includes 5 components delivered by a Cognitive Specialist who works collaboratively with the consumer's Employment Specialist: a) assessing the consumer's strengths and weaknesses in cognitive functioning, and analysis of the contribution of cognitive impairments and other factors to job losses and difficulties obtaining a job; b) teaching coping strategies for dealing with cognitive challenges associated with job search or maintaining a job; c) computer cognitive training involving cognitive exercises with a commercially available software program, which is designed to improve the broad range of cognitive skills through a combination of practice and strategy coaching by the Cognitive Specialist; d) job search planning; and e) job support consultation.
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The Thinking Skills for Work includes assessment of cognitive strengths and weaknesses and their relationship with work history, computerized cognitive practice, compensatory strategy training, and integration of cognitive and supported employment services.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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AMOUNT OF EMPLOYMENT
Periodo de tiempo: 24 months
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TOTAL HOURS OF COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT FROM BASELINE TO 24 MONTHS.
TOTAL WEEKS OF EMPLOYMENT FROM BASELINE TO 24 MONTHS.
TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS HELD FROM BASELINE TO 24 MONTHS.
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24 months
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND MEMORY
Periodo de tiempo: BASELINE, 6, 12, and 24 months
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CHANGE FROM BASELINE IN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND MEMORY AT 6 MONTHS USING THE MATRICS COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT BATTERY.
CHANGE FROM BASELINE IN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND MEMORY AT 12 MONTHS USING THE MATRICS COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT BATTERY.. CHANGE FROM BASELINE IN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND MEMORY AT 24 MONTHS USING THE MATRICS COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT BATTERY.
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BASELINE, 6, 12, and 24 months
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Colaboradores
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Susan R McGurk, Ph.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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Fechas de registro del estudio
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Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio
1 de abril de 2006
Finalización primaria (Actual)
1 de octubre de 2009
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
1 de octubre de 2011
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
19 de agosto de 2013
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
20 de agosto de 2013
Publicado por primera vez (Estimar)
21 de agosto de 2013
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Estimar)
21 de agosto de 2013
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
20 de agosto de 2013
Última verificación
1 de agosto de 2013
Más información
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Otros números de identificación del estudio
- MH077210
- 1R01MH077210-01 (Subvención/contrato del NIH de EE. UU.)
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