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Video Game-facilitated Group Activity for Quality of Life and Social Function in Chronic Schizophrenia Inpatients.
Sponsor: TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan
Summary
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.
Official title: Video Game-facilitated Group Activity for Quality of Life and Social Function in Chronic Schizophrenia Inpatients: A Randomized Controlled Parallel-group Pilot Trial.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
20 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
64
Start Date
2025-05-03
Completion Date
2026-03-31
Last Updated
2025-08-29
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Video game-facilitated group activity
The intervention is a 12-week group activity program for each participant in the intervention group, and the program consists of three 50-minute video game facilitated group activity sessions per week. Participants in the intervention group will engage in those group activity session which will be mediated by the game of Super Mario Party on Nintendo Switch.
Locations (1)
Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Nantou City, Taiwan, Taiwan