NCT07148609Active, not recruiting
Video Game-facilitated Group Activity for Quality of Life and Social Function in Chronic Schizophrenia Inpatients.
Video Game-facilitated Group Activity for Quality of Life and Social Function in Chronic Schizophrenia Inpatients: A Randomized Controlled Parallel-group Pilot Trial.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Aug 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if video game-facilitated group activity helps to improve the quality of life and social function in inpatients with chronic schizophrenia. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does video game-facilitated group activity enhance the quality of life as measured by a standardized scale (WHOQOL) in patients with schizophrenia hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital? * Can video game-facilitated group activity promote social function as measured by a specific scale (PSP) in patients with schizophrenia hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital? Researchers will compare video game-facilitated group activity to regular occupational therapy to see if the intervention is beneficial to patients with chronic schizophrenia. Participants will: * Attend to video game-facilitated group activity or regular occupational therapy three times a week for 12 weeks. * Receive assessments upon and after the 12-week intervention, and another 12 weeks after the intervention ends.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 64 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 23 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 3 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT07148609
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 64
- From 3 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Concurrent participation in other research studies during the study period, where the intervention may potentially influence the primary or secondary outcomes of this study.
Other illness
- Individuals exhibiting unstable psychiatric or consciousness conditions, or those unable to comply with video game-based instruction and operation.
- Individuals with a history of ocular diseases, severe cardiovascular disorders, epilepsy, or brain injuries; or those who have experienced acute cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events, bone fractures, undergone hip or knee joint replacement, or present with lower limb balance impairments or structural injuries-such as amputations, post-lumbar surgery status, or acute ankle sprains-rendering participation unsuitable within the past six months.
Other
- Individuals who are legally declared under guardianship.
Who the study is looking for
- Individuals aged between \>18 and \<65 years with a principal diagnosis of schizophrenia, as defined by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes F20.0-F20.9 which was diagnosed according to DSM-5-TR criteria.
- Possessing a valid Catastrophic Illness Certificate for schizophrenia and being continuously hospitalized for more than six months.
- Being able to read Chinese and communicate effectively in either Mandarin or Taiwanese.
- Being able to comprehend the purpose of the study and to provide written informed consent after the study has been explained by the researchers.
Age in the registry: 20 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nantou City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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