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The Effect of Computerized Cognitive Training on Mood and Thinking Style Amongst Patients in Inpatient Settings

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Anxiety
Anhedonia
Depression
Registration Number
NCT02958228
Lead Sponsor
Ruhr University of Bochum
Brief Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to establish feasibility and provide initial estimates of efficacy of two computerized cognitive training procedures (a form of Positive Mental Imagery Training, PMIT, and a form of Cognitive Control Training, CCT) delivered as adjuncts to treatment as usual (TAU) in inpatient mental health treatment settings.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
57
Inclusion Criteria
  • Aged 18 years or above
  • Sufficient German language skills
  • Receiving treatment in a participating inpatient clinic during the timeframe of the study (i.e. they must be able to complete the training entirely within their admission).
Exclusion Criteria
  • Existence of a condition or circumstances that would interfere with completion of the study procedures (e.g. severe visual impairment, neurological problem, acute psychosis or substance withdrawal symptoms)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect SchedulesPost-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)

The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson \& Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, \& Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect SchedulesBaseline, Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson \& Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, \& Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.

Dimensional Anhedonia Rating ScaleBaseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)

An extended 26-item version of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS; Rizvi et al., 2015) will be administered.

Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self ReportBaseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
GAD-7Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Positive Mental Health ScaleBaseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Prospective Imagery TestBaseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Scrambled Sentences Test (SST)Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Implicit Associations Test (IAT)Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Nexus-Klinik

🇩🇪

Baden-Baden, Germany

St. Marien Hospital Eickel

🇩🇪

Herne, Germany

Nexus-Klinik
🇩🇪Baden-Baden, Germany

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