To Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Occupational Therapy (OT) Interventions on Patients With SUD in Inpatient Department (IPD) Settings, Focusing on Improvements in Cognitive, Physical, and Functional Domains

Restoring Functionality: Occupational Therapy Interventions in Substance Use Drug Rehabilitation

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06809504

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-05

Start date

2024-04-14

Completion date

2024-12-20

Last updated

2025-02-05

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Conditions

Substance Abuse Disorder

Brief summary

OT emphasis lies within the scope of improving daily life activities, cognitive and physical performance in order to regain the proper social role. This work assesses the impact of a 12 session structured OT intervention program for patients with SUD in IPD. Benefitting from checklists like the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Barthel Index, the Lawton-Brody IADLs scale, it substantiates attaining enhancements in expressive cognitive functions, ADLs, and IADLs to understand how selected OT intervention modalities can enhance functional capabilities.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALExercise based intervention

12 sessions over 4 weeks, 45-minute sessions divided into: o 15 minutes for physical exercises

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

12 sessions over 4 weeks, 45-minute sessions divided into: * 15 minutes for physical exercises * 15 minutes for psychoeducation * 15 minutes for cognitive tasks and routine planning

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Substance abused disorder * Admitted in rehabilitation center

Exclusion criteria

* Severe cognitive impairment * Physical disability

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA):	baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention	The MoCA offers assessment of many cognitive aspects, it presents assessments for attention, memory, language, visual construction, executive functions, and orientation.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026