schizophrenia (including schizophrenia-type disorders and delusional disorders)
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients 1. Schizophrenic patients (including schizophrenia-type disorder and delusional disorder) were diagnosed according to DSM5 (APA, 2013) at Tsuruga hospital. 2. The physicians determine that they are able to participate in this study. 3. All participants provided written consent to participate in this study. 4. The patients must be at least 20 years old. 5. The study will be conducted until the number of patients reaches 30 or more. (2) Healthy subjects Graduate students and staff from Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences who applied to participate in the research through poster postings and other means. Undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Waseda University applied to participate through lectures taught by research collaborators and through emails sent on campus seeking research subjects. There were 200 healthy subjects, including 30 healthy adults needed to match the patient group in age.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: the physicians determine that schizophrenic patients cannot participate in this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Puzzle task 2. Baum Test 3. Figure division Task 5. Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) Japanese version 6.Schizotypal Personality Scale (healthy Group) 7. Self-Rating Depression Scale (healthy Group) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 4. Comments on tasks 1 to 3 (required time: about 5 minutes) 8. Other questions such as demographic data | — |
Contacts
Tokaigakuen University