Comparing Thinking Skills for Work (TSW)Home Practice Program With Traditional TSW Program

NCT03005574 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 4391
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if using a tablet computer, which is a very small, easy-to-carry computer, to practice thinking exercises at home will help improve your attention, memory, and problem solving abilities. All the participants will receive training in the thinking skills for work program. But in order to determine the effect of tablet use for home practice, half of the participants will be given a tablet to practice the thinking exercises at home. All participants will be receiving vocational rehabilitation and have a goal of getting a job.

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective Disorder; Bipolar Disorder; Major Depression

Keywords

Severe Mental Illness; Cognitive Remediation; Employment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Composite Measure of Change in Neurocognitive Functioning

  Neurocognitive tests for primary outcome variables are from (MATRICS) Consensus Cognitive Battery

  6 months and 12 months

Study Arms (2)

TSW-HP

EXPERIMENTAL

TSW-HP Intervention implemented by a cognitive specialist over a 6-month treatment period which includes 24 hours (1 hour per week) of facilitated cognitive exercise sessions, which will be supplemented by approximately 24 hours of home practice sessions on a tablet computer.

Behavioral: TSW-HP

TSW-T

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants assigned to traditional TSW will receive the usual TSW program, which includes a one hour cognitive exercise practice session per week at Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) for 6 months. This group will not receive home based cognitive practice exercises.

Behavioral: TSW-T

Interventions

TSW-HP BEHAVIORAL

TSW-HP involves home practice of cognitive exercises along with the training sessions facilitated by the cognitive specialist at the agency.

TSW-HP

TSW-T BEHAVIORAL

Participants assigned to traditional TSW will receive the usual TSW program which includes a one hour session per week at BCS for 6 months. This group will not receive home based cognitive practice exercises

TSW-T

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age 18 years or older; severe mental illness based on New York State Office of Mental Health criteria; not competitively employed but want to work; enrolled in vocational rehabilitation at Brooklyn Community Services; fluent in English.

You may not qualify if:

• prior receipt of more than 3 sessions of Thinking Skills for Work (TSW) Cognitive Remediation; medical disorder with known effects on cognitive functioning; inability to give informed consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston University Charles River Campus: lead

Study Sites (1)

Brooklyn Community Services

Brooklyn, New York, 11236, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Psychotic Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Mental Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Bipolar and Related Disorders; Mood Disorders; Depressive Disorder

Study Officials

• Susan R McGurk, PhD

  Boston University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 26, 2016
• First Posted: December 29, 2016
• Study Start: January 27, 2017
• Primary Completion: January 14, 2022
• Study Completion: January 14, 2022
• Last Updated: August 6, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)