Executive Functioning in Heroin Users Following a Mobile Health Cognitive Stimulation Approach: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 65
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in the results of Frontal Assessment Battery - FAB
研究概览
简要总结
Heroin use has been related to brain dysfunction particularly in the prefrontal cortex. These effects are evident in neuropsychological impairments in attention, memory and executive functioning of heroin users. To assess these deficits and the application of a novel approach of cognitive stimulation to heroin users in treatment for opioid dependence, we have carried out a neuropsychological intervention program with mobile health technology. Patients diagnosed with opioid dependence were submitted to cognitive stimulation during four weeks in a three-day/week basis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Only patients that scored higher than the cutoff values for their age on the Mini Mental Examination Test and with no clinical scores on the Symptoms Checklist Revised will be included in the study.
排除标准
- •Patients with alcohol dependence or with history of previous neurological disorders will be excluded from the study. Patients will be also screened for minimal computer literacy.
研究组 & 干预措施
Treatment-as-usual
This group consists of treatment-as-usual for opioid dependence syndrome.
Mobile health cognitive stimulation
Cognitive stimulation using mobile technology with m-Health applications.
干预措施: Mobile health cognitive stimulation (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in the results of Frontal Assessment Battery - FAB
时间窗: 1 month
The participants were assessed in frontal lobe functions at the beginning of the rehabilitation and after 10 rehabilitation sessions, which had the approximate duration of one month.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Pedro Gamito
PhD (Full Professor)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias