Rehabilitation, Schizophrenia
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aimed to investigate the effects of lifestyle redesign program plus treatment as usual versus treatment as usual on cognition, psychiatric symptoms, quality of life, and occupational engagement for schizophrenia.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALlifestyle redesign program
In this group, it starts with health education, the participants then change their opinions and experience health activities, and it ends with discussion and sharing their experience.
Sponsors
Taoyuan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. Taiwan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosis of schizophrenia, based on the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for research (World Health Organization, 1992) * age from 20 to 65 * attending day care center regularly for at least 1 month and taking stable dose of medication
Exclusion criteria
* comorbid other mental disorder (e.g. depression, anxiety, ADHD...etc.) * comorbid mental retardation * lacking the reading and writing skills
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change scores of Brief Psychiatric Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS) | 3 times: 1 to 2 weeks before intervention, 1 to 5 days after intervention and at 1 month after intervention | The Chinese version of BSRS with 50 items is administered to measure psychiatric symptoms. BSRS items were evaluated on a five-point Likert scale from 0 (not present) to 4 (extremely severe). The total score ranged from 0 to 200, with higher scores reflecting more severe of psychiatric symptoms. |
| Change scores of Occupational Self Assessment (OSA) | 3 times: 1 to 2 weeks before intervention, 1 to 5 days after intervention and at 1 month after intervention | The OSA with 29 items is administered to measure occupational engagement. |
| Change scores of Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) | 3 times: 1 to 2 weeks before intervention, 1 to 5 days after intervention and at 1 month after intervention | The Chinese version of Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) was administered to measure subjective quality of life. The total scores ranged from 33-165, with higher scores indicating comparatively lower quality of life. |
| Change scores of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) | 3 times: 1 to 2 weeks before intervention, 1 to 5 days after intervention and at 1 month after intervention | The Chinese version of MoCA was administered to measure cognition, with higher scores indicating better cognition. |
Outcome results
None listed