Clinical trial NCT05901922: The Effect of Social Skills Intervention on Praxis and Social Functioning in Individuals With Schizophrenia
Official title: The Effect of Activity-Focused Social Skills Intervention on Praxis and Social Functioning in Individuals With Schizophrenia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Schizophrenia
Keywords: schizophrenia
Social Skills
Apraxia, Motor
Social Functioning
Lead sponsor: Nigde Omer Halisdemir University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-13
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: 2 groups, an application and a control group, will be used. Social skills training will be applied to one of the two groups with schizophrenia and not to the other group.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study will be carried out with individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia who continue to community mental health. Social skills training will be applied in the study. This study will be conducted to examine the effect of social skills training on praxis and social functionality in individuals with schizophrenia.

Detailed description: This study will be conducted to examine the effect of social skills training on praxis and social functionality in individuals with schizophrenia. Test of Upper Limb Apraxia (TULIA) will be used for praxis assessment. Social Functioning Assessment Scale (SFAS) will be used for social functioning assessment. In this study, individuals with schizophrenia will be examined with the Model of Creativity Ability as an occupational therapy model and role playing activities will be determined according to the model. In secondary outcomes, the effect of social skills training on the symptoms of schizophrenia will be examined. therefore Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms - SAPS and Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms - SANS will be used in the study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being an individual with a diagnosis of schizophrenia registered with the Community Mental Health Center
* Volunteering for the study and having written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Be under the age of 18 or over the age of 65
* Having a physical disability that limits participation in group activities

Primary outcomes:
measure: The effect of social skills training on praxis in patients with schizophrenia was evaluated with TULIA
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: The effect of social skills training on social functionality in individuals with schizophrenia
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The effect of social skills training on schizophrenia positive symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: The effect of social skills training on schizophrenia negative symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia
timeFrame: 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Niğde
country: Turkey
facility: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
state: Bor
Study officials:
affiliation: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
name: Etem Erdal Erşan, professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Onur Altuntaş, associate professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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