A pilot study to the relation between altered pain perception and emotional blunting in schizophrenic patients
Recruiting
- Conditions
- psychosisschizophrenia10039628
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30294
- Lead Sponsor
- Parnassia (Den Haag)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
in and out-patients with schizophrenia or other chronic psychosis willing to participate ,
Exclusion Criteria
no exclusion criteria exept an inablity to communicate due to language problems
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The relation between the dimensions;<br /><br>*Pain (Scores Altometer) an objective assesment<br /><br>of a subjective reaction and is regarded as a * latent factor*<br /><br>Yields two scores , pain treshold and pain tolerance<br /><br>*Emotional bluntness (Scores Abrams scale) a subjective observer<br /><br>assesment and is regarded as a * latent factor* .<br /><br>Yields a score on three dimensions ( affect, behavior,thought content) that can<br /><br>result in one total score.<br /><br>*Emotional reactivity ( Scores IAPS) an objective assesment of a<br /><br>subjective reaction and is regarded as a * latent factor*<br /><br>Yields a score on three dimensions reaction to positive , negative or neutral<br /><br>score that can result in one total score </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>na</p><br>