Cognitive Fitness for people with severe mental illnesses: exercise and cognitive training in one program. National implementation and quality assurance.

Completed

Conditions: psychosis
severe mental illnesses
10037176

Registration Number: NL-OMON40259

Lead Sponsor: Trimbos-instituut

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

-Minimum age of 18 years
-Stability in medication use; at least 4 weeks prior to the inclusion of the research
-Physically able to exercise: people who are dependent on a wheelchair or have such a limitation that walking during the session of 1.5 hours is not possible cannot participate
-Motivation to participate in the whole course
-Sufficient mastery of the Dutch language to fill out questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

We do not have hard exclusion criteria regarding diagnosis and/or physical and cognitive fitness. The trainers of the Cognitive Fitness exercises are able to adapt to the individual level of the participant, hence we have no hard requirements with regard to physical fitness and/or restriction. However, the participant must be able to perform the exercises. People who are dependent on a wheelchair or have such a limitation that walking is not possible during the session of 1.5 hours are not recommended to participate. To establish this, those interested should have attended the information meeting in which they themselves experience what the training will demand from them.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary research question is whether the cognitive skills improve by<br /><br>following the cognitive fitness training. To identify the cognitive skills we<br /><br>will take different cognitive tests with the research group. In the analysis we<br /><br>will also create a composite variable in addition to the individual tests on<br /><br>the basis of the following tests so that there will be one primary outcome<br /><br>measure for the degree of cognitive functioning (Lindemayer et al, 2008; McGurk<br /><br>et al, 2009). We take the following tests:<br /><br>-Information processing speed: Trail Making Test, A and B (Eaton, et al. 2003);<br /><br>-Verbal Learning, short term memory: 15 words test (Saan & Deelman, 1986);<br /><br>-Attention, impulsiveness: Continuous Performance Test - Identical Pairs<br /><br>(Cornblatt, 1989)<br /><br>-Cognitive flexibility: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (Banno, 2013; Berg, 1948)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary research questions are aimed at improvements in physical and mental<br /><br>health, physical activity, quality of life and pro active behavior. To do this,<br /><br>we take a number of physical parameters namely:<br /><br>-BMI (weight/length2); using scales and a linear measure<br /><br>-Blood pressure measurement; using a digital blood pressure monitor (OMRON)<br /><br>-Sub maximum strain test; a 6-minute walk test (ATS, 2002).<br /><br>In addition we take the questionnaires below:<br /><br>-Mental and physical health (EDGE-36);<br /><br>-Quality of life, well-being (WHOQoL-bref);<br /><br>-Degree of functioning: GAVE-score<br /><br>-Physical activity (SQUASH; Wendel-Vos et al. 2002);<br /><br>-Self-management: the scales own wisdom and 'self-management' from the Dutch<br /><br>Empowerment List NEL<br /><br>-Social participation: standardized questions about the living and working<br /><br>situation and social contacts</p><br>