Effectiveness of Using Calligraphic Activity to People With Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT03882619

Last Updated: 2021-01-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 150 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-11-30

Brief Summary

To examine the effects of calligraphy activity on symptoms, attention, emotion, and quality of life in people with schizophrenia. We hypothesized that through a six-month intervention using calligraphy activity, people with schizophrenia will have their symptoms decreased, attention improved, emotion enhanced, and quality of life increased. This study will adopt single-blind, randomized controlled trial, and 160 people with schizophrenia will be recruited in this study. They will be randomly assigned to either a calligraphy activity group (treatment group; n=80) or an occupational activity group (control group; n=80). Participants will complete assessments at pretest, posttest, and 3-month follow-up using the following instruments: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Chu's Attention Test, The Taiwanese version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-T), WHO questionnaire on the Quality of Life, Brief Form (WHOQOL-BREF), and Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scales(DASS21).

Conditions

Schizophrenia

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Calligraphy group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Calligraphy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants will (1) detect the emotion him or herself; (2) do the calligraphy activity by writing positive terms (e.g., peace, life); (3) detect emotion again; (4) share the experience with group members.

Treatment-as-usual group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Calligraphy

Participants will (1) detect the emotion him or herself; (2) do the calligraphy activity by writing positive terms (e.g., peace, life); (3) detect emotion again; (4) share the experience with group members.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Inpatients
• With diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
• Not in acute stage
• Voluntarily participate

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe cognition level or intellectual disability that prevent from participation
• Severe behavioral problems and symptoms that prevent from participation
• People with blindness

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 64 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Jianan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Jianan Psychiatric Center

Tainan City, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

References

Huang WY, Tsang HWH, Wang SM, Huang YC, Chen YC, Cheng CH, Chen CY, Chen JS, Chang YL, Huang RY, Lin CY, Potenza MN, Pakpour AH. Effectiveness of using calligraphic activity to treat people with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial in Southern Taiwan. Ther Adv Chronic Dis. 2022 Mar 11;13:20406223221080646. doi: 10.1177/20406223221080646. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35295614 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

19-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id