Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Adults With Psychotic Disorders: An Open Pilot Study in Finland

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Psychotic Disorder; Cognitive Function 1, Social
• Interventions: Behavioral: Social Cognition and Interaction Training

• Registration Number: NCT02399020
• Lead Sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital

Brief Summary

33 individuals with a psychotic disorder were given 22-24 sessions weekly or twice weekly of Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) and evaluated at the baseline and after the intervention. Main outcome was improvement in social cognition according to specific measures of facial emotion identification, Theory of Mind, attributional bias, social cognitive accuracy and metacognitive overconfidence.

Detailed Description

33 clinically stable in- and outpatients with chart diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or unspecified nonorganic psychosis, aged 18-56 years, were given 22-24 weekly or twice weekly sessions of a manualized group treatment for improvement of social cognition, Social Cognition and Interaction Training (1,2). Main outcome was defined as improvement in social cognition according to specific measures of facial emotion identification, Theory of Mind, attributional bias, social cognitive accuracy and metacognitive overconfidence.Emotion perception was measured with the Facial Emotion Identification Task (FEIT) (3); Theory of Mind was measured with the Hinting Task (4) and attributional bias with the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire-Ambiguous Items (AIHQ-A) (5). In addition, broad-based social cognitive accuracy, attributional bias and metacognitive overconfidence was measured with the Social Cognition Screening Questionnaire. All the measures were evaluated at the baseline and immediately after the intervention. Changes in total scores for the FEIT and Hinting Task, and the three subscales of AIHQ-A and SCSQ were analysed separately using paired samples t-test in IBM SPSS Statistics version 21.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2013-05
• Study Completion: 2013-05
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-23
• Study First Posted: 2015-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 33

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or psychosis NOS
• inpatients in longer-stay rehabilitation wards or outpatients in supported housing
• stable clinical condition
• written informed consent
• problems in social relationships according to the clinical staff
• standard medical treatment provided by the care facilities

Exclusion Criteria

• inadequate command of Finnish language
• unstable clinical condition

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SCIT group	Social Cognition and Interaction Training	Social Cognition and Interaction Training intervention group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
improvement in social cognitive ability	11-24 weeks	improvement according to measures of facial emotion recognition, theory of mind, attributional bias and social cognitive accuracy.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aurora Hospital; 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland