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NCT Number: NCT05100849

Kinect-based Versus Tablet-based Cognitive Training: a Pilot Study With Psychiatric Patients

This study aims to analyze which cognitive training experimental condition - Tablet versus Kinect - results in greater cognitive, mood, quality of life, and functional gains in a sample of chronic psychiatric patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychiatric Disorder Mental Disorders

Age range

Up to 75 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Casa de Saúde Câmara Pestana

Funchal, São Gonçalo, 9060-378, Portugal

About this study

Cognitive deficits are a nuclear feature of several psychiatric disorders, leading to a decrease in functional abilities and quality of life. Besides facilitating the inclusion of more ecologically valid stimuli and training tasks, technology-based cognitive training methods allow more dynamic interactions with the cognitive training content, which can result in an enhancement of patients' motivation and engagement in the therapeutic process. The modality of interaction with the cognitive training content may influence patients' response to cognitive training interventions. For instance, cognitive training through the tablet requires essentially hand movements (e.g., interaction with the training tasks by touching the correct stimuli), while cognitive training through the Kinect involves the performance of wide range movements (e.g., interaction with the training tasks by making specific "body" movements to select the correct stimuli). This study aims to analyze which cognitive training experimental condition - Tablet versus Kinect - results in greater cognitive, mood, quality of life, and functional gains in a sample of chronic psychiatric patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Psychiatric diagnosis;
  • Maximum age: 75 years old;
  • Relatively preserved language abilities (expressive and receptive language);
  • Being able to read and write;
  • Having no motor limitations;
  • Having no medical history of neurological conditions (e.g., stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
  • Preserved visual and auditory acuity;

Exclusion criteria

  • Experiencing an acute psychiatric episode.

Treatment and study plan

Kinect-based cognitive training

Procedure

The Kinect-based group will be involved in the standard treatment protocol and will perform a 14-sessions cognitive training program that consists of instrumental activities of daily living simulations. The cognitive training content will be projected onto a wall and patients will interact with the content, i.e., the selection of the appropriate response, through movement (kinect).

Tablet-based cognitive training

Procedure

The Tablet-based group will be involved in the standard treatment protocol and will perform a 14-sessions cognitive training program that consists of instrumental activities of daily living simulations. Patients will interact with the cognitive training content through a tablet.

Primary outcomes

  1. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (Cognitive screening)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); Min score=0; Max score=30; Higher scores mean a better outcome

  2. Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) (Executive functions screening)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB). Min score=0; Max score=18; Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  3. Toulouse-Piéron Cancellation Test (TP) (Sustained and selective attention)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Toulouse-Piéron Cancellation Test (TP); Min score=0; Max score=dependent on patients' performance during a 10-min time frame; A higher work efficiency index means a better outcome, whereas a higher dispersion index means a worse outcome.

  4. Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) (Visuospatial skills and visual memory)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT); Min score=0; Max score=36; Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  5. Symbol Search and Coding (WAIS-III) (Processing speed)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Symbol Search and Coding (WAIS-III); Min score=0; Max score dependent on patients' performance in a 120 seconds time frame. Higher scores in both subtests mean a better outcome.

  6. Verbal Fluency Tests (semantic and phonemic) (Executive Functions)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Verbal Fluency Tests (semantic and phonemic); Min score=0; Max score dependent on patients' performance during a 1-minute time frame. Higher scores on both verbal fluency tests mean a better outcome.

  7. Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) (Verbal Memory)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT); Min score immediate recall trials=0; Max score immediate recall trials=48; Min score Delayed recall trials=0; Max score delayed recall trials=16. Higher scores on both trials mean a better outcome.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) (Depressive symptomatology)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the BDI-II; Min score=0; Max score=63; Higher scores mean a worse outcome.

  2. World Health Organization Quality of Life - Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) (Quality of life)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the World Health Organization Quality of life-Bref (WHOQOL-Bref); Min score=0; Max score=100; Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  3. Adults and Older Adults Functional Assessment Inventory (IAFAI)

    Time frame: Baseline (1 week before the beginning of the intervention), post-intervention (7 weeks) and follow-up (3-months)

    Change from baseline in the Adults and Older Adults Functional Assessment Inventory; (IAFAI). Min score=0; Max score=100; Higher scores mean a worse outcome.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidade da Madeira

Other

Collaborators

  • Casa de Saúde Câmara Pestana

Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of Kinect-based Versus Tablet-based Cognitive Training Through Simulations of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: a Pilot Study With Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2021
First posted
Oct 29, 2021
Registry last updated
May 18, 2022

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