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The Evaluation study for Social Cognition Measures in Japan

The Evaluation study for Social Cognition Measures in Japan - ESCoM

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000043777
Enrollment
210
Registered
2021-04-01
Start date
2021-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia, Healthy control

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with schizophrenia 1. The patients with schizophrenia in this study will be outpatients at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Hospital, and Toho University Omori Medical Center. 2. primary diagnosis of schizophrenia based on the DSM-V at the time of assessment 3. no hospitalization in the previous 2 months, no changes in prescriptions in the past 6 weeks, and no changes in prescription dosage in the past 2 weeks 4. age 20-59 years at the time of obtaining informed consent 5. written informed consent to participate in the study based on an understanding of its objective and content (capacity to consent). Healthy Control 1. age 20-59 years at the time of study participation 2. confirmation of no diagnoses of mental disorders at the time of study participation 3. written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with schizophrenia 1. physical/mental disorders that prevent implementation of measures during study participation 2. insufficient Japanese language ability to respond to self-reported psychological measures based on a sufficient understanding of the questions 3. being deemed ineligible to participate for any other reason by an attending physician or study staff. Healthy Control 1. physical/mental disorders that prevent implementation of measures during study participation 2. insufficient Japanese language ability to respond to self-reported psychological measures based on a sufficient understanding of the questions 3. being deemed ineligible to participate for any other reason by an attending physician or study staff.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task(BLEART) Penn Emotion Recognition Task (ER40) Facial Emotion Selection Test (FEST) The Hinting Task (Hinting) Metaphor and sarcasm scenario test (MSST) Ambiguous Intentions and Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ) The Intentionality Bias Task (IBT) The Social Attribution Task (SAT) Biological motion task (BM)

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactRyo Okubo

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Translational Medical Center

ryo-okubo@ncnp.go.jp042-341-2711

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026