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NCT Number: NCT02958228

The Effect of Computerized Cognitive Training on Mood and Thinking Style Amongst Patients in Inpatient Settings

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to establish feasibility and provide initial estimates of efficacy of two computerized cognitive training procedures (a form of Positive Mental Imagery Training, PMIT, and a form of Cognitive Control Training, CCT) delivered as adjuncts to treatment as usual (TAU) in inpatient mental health treatment settings.

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Key information

Conditions

Depression Anhedonia Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Nexus-Klinik, Baden-Baden, Germany

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18 years or above
  • Sufficient German language skills
  • Receiving treatment in a participating inpatient clinic during the timeframe of the study (i.e. they must be able to complete the training entirely within their admission).

Exclusion criteria

  • Existence of a condition or circumstances that would interfere with completion of the study procedures (e.g. severe visual impairment, neurological problem, acute psychosis or substance withdrawal symptoms)

Treatment and study plan

Positive Mental Imagery Training (PMIT)

Behavioral

Cognitive Control Training (CCT)

Behavioral

Treatment as Usual

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. 21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect Schedules

    Time frame: Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)

    The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson & Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, & Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.

Secondary outcomes

  1. 21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect Schedules

    Time frame: Baseline, Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

    The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson & Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, & Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.

  2. Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

    An extended 26-item version of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS; Rizvi et al., 2015) will be administered.

  3. Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self Report

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

  4. GAD-7

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

  5. Positive Mental Health Scale

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

  6. Prospective Imagery Test

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)

  7. Scrambled Sentences Test (SST)

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)

  8. Implicit Associations Test (IAT)

    Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)

Other outcomes

  1. Self-report mood/cognitions over the previous day (Likert scales)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 2 weeks post-baseline

    Ratings will be made up to 8 times over the two-week intervention period (between baseline and post-intervention)

  2. State mood pre and post each training session (Likert scales)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 2 weeks post-baseline

    Ratings of state mood will be made pre and post each session of PMIT or CCT by participants in the Positive Mental Imagery Training and Cognitive Control Training arms.

  3. Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline

  4. Feedback Questionnaire

    Time frame: Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ruhr University of Bochum

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2018
First posted
Nov 8, 2016
Registry last updated
Mar 29, 2018

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