Cognitive Functioning Related to Job Tenure Among Patients With Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT00838123

Last Updated: 2009-02-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2008-12-31

Brief Summary

The aim of this research is to explore which cognitive function would affect the job tenure among people with schizophrenia. The investigators plan to recruit 60 people diagnosed with schizophrenia and divide into two groups, employment and unemployment. The investigators will use several cognitive function tests to collect their cognitive functions and PANSS to evaluate their psychotic symptoms. And then the investigators will compare and analysis the data through statistic software. Finally, the investigators will have the answer about if cognitive functions would affect the job tenure among people with schizophrenia. And the investigators hope that we could get the predict factor of cognitive function to predict the successful employment in future.

Conditions

Schizophrenia

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• schizophrenia, 18~44y/o

Exclusion Criteria

• substance abuse

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Other Identifiers

FEMH-96-C-044

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id