Exergaming to Test Thinking and Symptoms in Adults With Schizophrenia
Tests video-game exercise sessions to see effects on thinking in adults with schizophrenia.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Hjernegym - Effects of Exergaming in Psychosis: a Clinical Intervention Study
Key facts
- Where
- Tønsberg, NorwaySee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Source: NCT05858255, who can take part
Where in Norway
- DPS Vestfold, Vestfold Sykehus HFTønsberg, NorwayTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Sykehuset i Vestfold HF
- Trial code
- NCT05858255
- Record updated
- 15 May 2023
- Original description
The goal of this clinical intervention study is to investigate the effects of exergaming on cognition and other clinical symptoms in outpatient individuals with schizophrenia.Read full original descriptionShow less
Hjernegym - Effects of Exergaming in Psychosis: a Clinical Intervention Study
The goal of this clinical intervention study is to investigate the effects of exergaming on cognition and other clinical symptoms in outpatient individuals with schizophrenia.
The main questions it aims to answer are: Will an exergaming intervention contribute to improved cognition and reduced clinical symptoms, as well as enhanced physical health/self-efficacy/quality of life, in individuals with schizophrenia? Will the gaming component strengthen motivation for a physically more intensive component, so that attendance will be at least as high as in comparable exercise studies despite the current study being implemented in a resource-limited, regular clinical outpatient setting? Participants will be asked to engage in two 45 minutes exergaming sessions with a designated personal trainer for 12 weeks. Results pre- and post intervention will be compared, and comparisons will also be made with a former randomized controlled trial conducted at the same site, in which the currently combined activities were investigated separately (high-intensity interval training and low-intensity video gaming), both yielding positive but different effects.
Inclusion: Having consent capability; Understanding and speaking Scandinavian language; Fulfilling the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD 10) criteria for schizophrenia spectrum disorder (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and schizophreniform disorder).
Exclusion: Diagnosis of neurological disorder; History of severe head trauma; Unstable angina pectoris; Malignant hypertension; Uncontrollable arrhythmia; Recent myocardial infarction; Acute infection with lymphadenopathy; Other specified medical condition incompatible with participation; Diagnosis of intellectual disability; Pregnancy; Chest pain during exercise.