NCT07781007Not yet recruiting
Effectiveness of a Board Game Intervention on Cognitive and Functional Outcomes in Older Adults With Schizophrenia
Effectiveness of a Board Game Intervention on Cognitive and Functional Outcomes in Older Adults With Schizophrenia Living in Psychiatric Nursing Homes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to evaluate the effects of a scaffolding-based board game intervention on cognitive and functional outcomes in older adults with schizophrenia living in psychiatric nursing homes. Participants will be assigned by clusters to either an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group will receive a 12-week board game training program, while the control group will receive usual care. Cognitive and functional outcomes will be assessed before the intervention, immediately after the 12-week intervention, and three months after the intervention. The study will examine whether the board game intervention can improve cognitive and daily functioning in older adults with schizophrenia.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 76 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 2 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Kaohsiung Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT07781007
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 76
- From 9 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 2 Dec 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
- Is currently receiving other cognitive training or participating in another research study.
Other illness
- Has severe sensory impairment.
- Has severe visual or hearing impairment that interferes with participation in the study activities.
- Has experienced an acute exacerbation of psychiatric symptoms within the past 3 months.
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 55 years or older.
- Diagnosed with schizophrenia by a board-certified psychiatrist.
- Has completed at least elementary school education.
- Has basic verbal communication ability and is able to understand and cooperate with study assessments and activities.
- Has sufficient vision and hearing, as assessed by care staff, to participate in board game instructions and activities.
- Is willing to participate in the study and provides written informed consent.
Age in the registry: 55 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daliao Psychiatric Nursing Home, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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