Thinking Skills for Work in Severe Mental Illness (TSW)
20 augustus 2013 bijgewerkt door: 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.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Voltooid
Interventie / Behandeling
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
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.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
110
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
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Studie Locaties
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Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, 60613
- Thresholds, Inc.
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New Hampshire
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Manchester, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten, 03103
- Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
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Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
18 jaar en ouder (Volwassen, Oudere volwassene)
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Nee
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Allemaal
Beschrijving
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
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Behandeling
- Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Enkel
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Actieve vergelijker: 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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Experimenteel: 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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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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AMOUNT OF EMPLOYMENT
Tijdsspanne: 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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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND MEMORY
Tijdsspanne: 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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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
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Medewerkers
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Susan R McGurk, Ph.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Publicaties en nuttige links
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Studie record data
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Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start
1 april 2006
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 oktober 2009
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 oktober 2011
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
19 augustus 2013
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
20 augustus 2013
Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)
21 augustus 2013
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Schatting)
21 augustus 2013
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
20 augustus 2013
Laatst geverifieerd
1 augustus 2013
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Trefwoorden
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- MH077210
- 1R01MH077210-01 (Subsidie/contract van de Amerikaanse NIH)
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