Chess Training as add-on Intervention for Adolescents With Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Disorders

Sponsor
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05698615
Collaborator
Munich Chess academy (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

In the planned study, the effect of chess training on the cognitive abilities of children and adolescents with psychiatric and psychosomatic illnesses will be investigated in a naturalistic setting. Furthermore, the effects on therapy success and quality of life will be determined.Despite the thoroughly positive results, CRT has not yet been included in the official guidelines as an intervention in standard therapy; this is due, among other things, to too few studies and too little knowledge in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. The planned study aims to fill the research gap in the field of chess training as an adjunctive intervention in children and adolescents and to provide further evidence on the relevance of CRT in child and adolescent psychiatry.

The hypotheses of the proposed study are:
  1. chess training as a six-week add-on intervention will improve cognitive functioning in adolescents with psychiatric/psychosomatic disorders compared to standard treatment.

  2. chess training as a six-week add-on intervention improves quality of life in adolescents with psychiatric/psychosomatic disorders compared to standard treatment.

  3. chess training as a six-week add-on intervention positively influences the course of therapy in adolescents with psychiatric/psychosomatic illnesses compared to standard treatment.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: Chess training
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
92 participants
Allocation:
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
After inclusion in the study, participation in chess training begins after screening. Patients who have volunteered for chess training are then matched with patients for the comparison group. Care is taken to ensure that this group is similar to the chess group in terms of diagnoses and age ("pairwise matching").After inclusion in the study, participation in chess training begins after screening. Patients who have volunteered for chess training are then matched with patients for the comparison group. Care is taken to ensure that this group is similar to the chess group in terms of diagnoses and age ("pairwise matching").
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
Chess Training as add-on Intervention for Adolescents With Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Disorders
Actual Study Start Date :
Oct 1, 2022
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
May 1, 2023
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jun 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Chess training group

group receiving additional chess training

Behavioral: Chess training
The chess training, which takes place as a measure for CRT with the children and adolescents, is carried out by the concept of the Munich Chess Academy. The concept applied here, "Chess according to the King's Plan", represents a holistic concept. Especially prepared for children and adolescents, theoretical aspects are illustrated in games and exercises.

No Intervention: control group

group receiving standard therapy only

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Change in comorbidities [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Youth Self Report (YSR, Achenbach 1991b)

  2. Change in depressive symptoms [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II, Beck, Steer, Brown 1996)

  3. Change in anxiety symptoms [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Beck Anyxiety Inventory (BAI, deutsche Version Margraf, Ehlers 2007)

  4. Change in Quality of life [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    The KIDSCREEN Group Europe. (2006).

  5. Change of the overall functional level [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Global assessment of functioning (Diagnostic screening measure according to DSM-IV)

  6. Change in mental flexibility [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Dimensional Card Sorting Task (Zelazo et al., 2014

  7. Change in attentional capacity [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    d2 Test of Attention (Brickenkamp 2002)

  8. Change in Reaction inhibition [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Go-No-Go Task (Sebastian et al., 2013)

  9. Change in Fluid intelligence [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Stop Signal Task (Sebastian et al., 2013)

  10. Change in reaction time [2 time points: before and after 6 weeks chess training]

    Simple Reaction Time Task (Woods, Wyma, Yund, Herron, & Reed, 2015)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
13 Years to 17 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Inpatient treatment at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of Childhood and Adolescence, ZI Mannheim

  • Age between 13 and 17 years

  • Sufficient ability to answer questions verbally and in written form

  • Ability to give consent by patients and their parents after detailed verbal and written explanation

  • Consent of patients and parents must be given in paper form

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Date of inpatient admission more than 3 weeks ago

  • Withdrawal of informed consent

  • Severe psychiatric, neurological and internal medical comorbidities

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim Germany

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
  • Munich Chess academy

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05698615
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 2021-593
First Posted:
Jan 26, 2023
Last Update Posted:
Jan 26, 2023
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2022
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 26, 2023