ArticleBasic and clinical neuroscience
A Short Course Computer-assisted Cognitive Remediation in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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- Cognitive remediation therapy in low-and-middle-income countries (LAMICs) for people with psychosis: a systematic review of its efficacy on functional and cognitive outcomes.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- A dismantling study of comprehensive cognitive remediation for improving employment outcomes: what is the role of computer cognitive training?Psychological medicine · 2025Trial
- Virtual reality-based cognitive remediation in severe mental illness: Current evidence from a narrative review.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2026Review
- International Experience of Implementing Cognitive Remediation for People With Psychotic Disorders.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Article
- Thinking About the Future of Cognitive Remediation Therapy Revisited: What Is Left to Solve Before Patients Have Access?Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Article
- Treatment of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Perspectives.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Advances in Cognitive Remediation Training in Schizophrenia: A Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionCognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) is used to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSDs). Most of the previous studies had incorporated a long rehabilitation program. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a short and easy to implement computer-based CRT on cognitive performance in patients with SSDs using a randomized controlled trial design.
methodsSixty-Two patients with SSDs were enrolled in Roozbeh Hospital (Tehran City, Iran); they were randomized to either receive a CRT program added to the standard pharmacological treatment (n=31) or the standard treatment alone (n=31). The remediation consisted of 10 sessions of CRT provided 2-3 times a week applying the Cogpack software. The cognitive performance was assessed in attention, memory, and executive functions before and after the intervention using the respective tests of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).
resultsThis study did not demonstrate any significant improvement in attention and executive function between the experimental and control group. However, we observed modest improvements in some aspects of visual memory (first trial memory score, F=9.152, P<0.001, Cohen's d=0.40; mean errors to success, F=6.991, P=0.011, Cohen's d=0.14; stages completed on the first trial, F=7.155, P=0. 010, Cohen's d=0.71; total errors, F=5.730, P=0.020, Cohen's d=0.53).
conclusionWe observed only modest improvements in the patients' cognitive functioning after a short course of CRT. The short duration of the training and lack of a comprehensive rehabilitation plan may explain the obtained findings.
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