Investigating the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation in schizophrenic patients
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia.Schizophrenia
- Registration Number
- IRCT20221227056947N1
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Schizophrenia diagnosis by a psychiatrist based on DSM-5 criteria
Having a history of multiple hospitalizations
2 weeks have passed since the last hospitalization
literate in reading and writing
Exclusion Criteria
Psychoses caused by drug use
History of epilepsy
History of Brain Surgery
Intracranial metal implantation
Clinically significant concussion
History of having ECT
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Timepoint: The positive and negative syndrom Scale was completed by the subjects in 3 stages, at the beginning of the study, after the implementation of the treatment protocol and one month after the intervention in order to evaluate the effect of the intervention before and after the treatment protocole and check the effects of the treatment over time. Method of measurement: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Quality of Life Score. Timepoint: The World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief (WHOQoL-Bref) Scale was completed by the subjects in 3 stages, at the beginning of the study, after the implementation of the treatment protocol, and one month after the intervention in order to evaluate the effect of the intervention before and after the treatment protocol and check the effects of the treatment over time. Method of measurement: World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief (WHOQoL-Bref).