Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Psychotic Severity

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Psychosis; Emotion Regulation; Recovery
• Interventions: Combination Product: Treatment as usual; Behavioral: Acceptance and commitment therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06160869
• Lead Sponsor: Port Said University

Brief Summary

Our study aims to assess the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on psychotic severity among Inpatients with primary psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Detailed Description

Current study was an open label, two-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial, evaluating the efficiency of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) added to treatment as usual (TAU) as opposed to treatment as usual (TAU) alone on patients with schizophrenia. The study adheres to the rules for writing Clinical Trials: "The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials" (CONSORT) statement

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Study Start: 2023-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-29
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2023-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 2023-12-07
• Study Completion: 2023-12-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment as usual (TAU) group	Treatment as usual	Will receive the TAU alone
ACT Group	Acceptance and commitment therapy	Received 90-minutes weekly group sessions of acceptence and commitment therapy plus treatment as usual.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)	7 weeks	Measuring symptom severity of patients with schizophrenia. This is a 30-item instrument. Rating of each item is from (one, no evidence) to (seven, strong evidence) and the total score for overall psychopathology ranges from 30 to 210.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recovery Assessment Scale	7 weeks	38 items scale evaluate mental health recovery
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale	7 weeks	A 36 item measure assesses individuals' typical levels of difficulties in emotion regulation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mansoura University; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt