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A Shared Decision Making Training for Inpatients With Schizophrenia

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective Disorder
Interventions
Behavioral: patient training in shared decision making
Behavioral: cognitive training
Registration Number
NCT00885716
Lead Sponsor
Technical University of Munich
Brief Summary

Patients suffering from schizophrenia who attend the communication skills program engage more deeply in therapeutic reasoning and treatment decisions. This results in stronger preferences to participate, greater perceived involvement and better long term adherence compared to patients who do not attend the training.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
61
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male and female inpatients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder according to ICD 10
  • between 18 and 60 years of age are eligible for the study
  • informed consent
  • inpatients
Exclusion Criteria
  • poor German language skills

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
communication skills trainingpatient training in shared decision makinggroup training in shared decision making.
cognitive trainingcognitive trainingstandard group training of cognitive skills (Konzentrationstraining)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Decision Self Efficacypost intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Adherence to medication6 months post intervention
Participation preferencespost intervention
Treatment satisfactionpost intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität München

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München, Germany

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