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NCT Number: NCT02399020

Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Adults With Psychotic Disorders: An Open Pilot Study in Finland

33 individuals with a psychotic disorder were given 22-24 sessions weekly or twice weekly of Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) and evaluated at the baseline and after the intervention. Main outcome was improvement in social cognition according to specific measures of facial emotion identification, Theory of Mind, attributional bias, social cognitive accuracy and metacognitive overconfidence.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychotic Disorder Cognitive Function 1, Social Mental Disorders Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Aurora Hospital

Helsinki, Finland

About this study

33 clinically stable in- and outpatients with chart diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or unspecified nonorganic psychosis, aged 18-56 years, were given 22-24 weekly or twice weekly sessions of a manualized group treatment for improvement of social cognition, Social Cognition and Interaction Training (1,2). Main outcome was defined as improvement in social cognition according to specific measures of facial emotion identification, Theory of Mind, attributional bias, social cognitive accuracy and metacognitive overconfidence.Emotion perception was measured with the Facial Emotion Identification Task (FEIT) (3); Theory of Mind was measured with the Hinting Task (4) and attributional bias with the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire-Ambiguous Items (AIHQ-A) (5). In addition, broad-based social cognitive accuracy, attributional bias and metacognitive overconfidence was measured with the Social Cognition Screening Questionnaire. All the measures were evaluated at the baseline and immediately after the intervention. Changes in total scores for the FEIT and Hinting Task, and the three subscales of AIHQ-A and SCSQ were analysed separately using paired samples t-test in IBM SPSS Statistics version 21.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or psychosis NOS
  • inpatients in longer-stay rehabilitation wards or outpatients in supported housing
  • stable clinical condition
  • written informed consent
  • problems in social relationships according to the clinical staff
  • standard medical treatment provided by the care facilities

Exclusion criteria

  • inadequate command of Finnish language
  • unstable clinical condition

Treatment and study plan

Social Cognition and Interaction Training

Behavioral

manualized group treatment providing training in facial emotion recognition, understanding the role of emotion in social situations, training with videoed vignettes to avoid jumping to conclusions in order to avoid attributional biases, tolerating ambiguity and distinguishing facts from guesses, skill consolidation and generalization to everyday life situations.

Primary outcomes

  1. improvement in social cognitive ability

    Time frame: 11-24 weeks

    improvement according to measures of facial emotion recognition, theory of mind, attributional bias and social cognitive accuracy.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • City of Helsinki
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Registry information

Official study title

Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) for Adults With Psychotic Disorder: An Open Pilot Study in Finland

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Mar 26, 2015
Registry last updated
Mar 26, 2015

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