Schizophrenia affects working memory in a process- and modality-specific way

Schizophrenia affects working memory in a process- and modality-specific way - Schizophrenia and working memory

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON30563

Enrollment

Registered

2007-06-12

Start date

2007-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

madness psychotic disorder

Interventions

none

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patiënts have to meet the ICD10 or DSMIV criteria for schizophrenia. Patiënts will have to be stable for a significant period and are receiving anti-psychotics. Controls have to meet matching-criteria (estimated intelligence, age, gender).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For patiënts and controls: influence by drugs other than medication (e.g. sedating drugs, sleeping medication). We try to control for the Extra Pyramidal Syndrome (EPS), which is known to slow reaction times. Controls with a psychiatric or neurologic history of illness. Participants with dyslexia will be excluded. The number of left-handed participants will be minimized.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reaction times and errors made while comparing the patientpopulation with the control group.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
none	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)