Cognitive Training in Inpatient Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 111
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Auditory memory capacity - WAIS Digit Span score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study examines whether computer tasks can improve memory and other cognitive functions among patients receiving inpatient treatment for substance use disorders.
Detailed Description
Participants will complete cognitive training sessions on a regular basis during inpatient treatment. Alternate versions of the computer tasks will be compared in a randomized design. Primary and secondary outcomes will consist of changes in cognitive performance before and after the training period.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants must be patients registered for inpatient treatment at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- •Age 18-60
- •Fluency in English
- •Able to attend scheduled training sessions
- •Comfortable using a computer and mouse
Exclusion Criteria
- •Severe cognitive impairment
- •Current or past psychosis or diagnosis of schizophrenia
- •Photosensitive epilepsy or history of seizures triggered by light
- •Legal mandate to attend treatment
Arms & Interventions
Experimental
Computerized cognitive training activities
Intervention: Cognitive training activities (Behavioral)
Experimental
Computerized cognitive training activities
Intervention: Inpatient psychosocial therapy (Behavioral)
Control
Non-adaptive computerized cognitive training activities
Intervention: Cognitive training activities (Behavioral)
Control
Non-adaptive computerized cognitive training activities
Intervention: Inpatient psychosocial therapy (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Auditory memory capacity - WAIS Digit Span score
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 weeks
WAIS Digit Span score
Secondary Outcomes
- Visual memory capacity - WMS Symbol span score(Baseline to 3 weeks)
- Auditory memory capacity - WAIS Letter-number sequencing score(Baseline to 3 weeks)
- Visual memory capacity - WMS Spatial span score(Baseline to 3 weeks)
- Training progress score - Cognitive progress indicator score(Baseline to 4 weeks)
Investigators
Christian Hendershot
Assistant Professor
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health