Tests a movement-based game for thinking skills in schizophrenia
Tests a body-movement serious game to see if it helps thinking skills in schizophrenia.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: The Effect of Game-Based Intervention on the Cognition of Schizophrenia Patients
Key facts
- Where
- Shanghai, ChinaSee the site
Could this be for you?
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- Are you between 18 and 45 years old?
Source: NCT07557381, who can take part
Where in China
- Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai, ChinaTaking people
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- 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
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
- Trial code
- NCT07557381
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026
- Original description
Schizophrenia is a common and severe mental disorder that imposes a significant burden on patients. Cognitive impairment can be regarded as one of the core symptoms of schizophrenia, which is prevalent among patients with schizophrenia. In recent years, digital rehabilitation therapy based on games has shown a remarkable development trend among schizophrenia patients. Serious games, or application games, refer to those games aimed not only for entertainment. They can educate, train, or change the behavior of players through interesting intervention forms and have been applied in many healthcare fields. This study aims to develop a somatosensory interactive game for patients with cognitive impairment of schizophrenia to improve their cognitive functions and verify its effectiveness and feasibility through a randomized controlled trial.Read full original descriptionShow less
The Effect of a 2-month Somatic Serious Games on the Cognition of Schizophrenia Patients
Schizophrenia is a common and severe mental disorder that imposes a significant burden on patients. Cognitive impairment can be regarded as one of the core symptoms of schizophrenia, which is prevalent among patients with schizophrenia. In recent years, digital rehabilitation therapy based on games has shown a remarkable development trend among schizophrenia patients. Serious games, or application games, refer to those games aimed not only for entertainment. They can educate, train, or change the behavior of players through interesting intervention forms and have been applied in many healthcare fields. This study aims to develop a somatosensory interactive game for patients with cognitive impairment of schizophrenia to improve their cognitive functions and verify its effectiveness and feasibility through a randomized controlled trial.
Inclusion: Registered in the Shanghai Mental Health Information Management System and hospitalized in the designated district-level mental health center wards; Schizophrenia patients meeting the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10); 18 - 45 years old; Good self-care ability; Clinically stable (without acute exacerbation) for at least 1 week before enrollment, with a stable dose of antipsychotic drugs or other concomitant psychotropic drugs for at least 1 week; No hand disabilities, and can use mobile phones or tablets normally; Have a primary school education or above; Normal vision and hearing, or within the normal range after correction; Own and be able to independently use a smart phone or other electronic devices; Patients and their families have given informed consent to this study, and voluntarily cooperate to participate in the intervention and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion: suffering from serious physical or brain organic diseases; comorbid with other psychotic disorders; not reside in Shanghai after discharge.