GRASP: Group Training for Social Skills in Psychosis

Sponsor

King's College London (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02181777

Collaborator

National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom (Other), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

1.5

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of a social skills training group for people with psychosis.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Psychotic Disorders	Behavioral: GRASP Behavioral: Standard care	N/A

Detailed Description

This study is assessing the feasibility of a psychological intervention targeting social cognition problems in people with psychosis. The intervention is a group psychological treatment facilitated by a clinical psychologist. The group therapy takes advantage of audiovisual material and practical exercises to illustrate strategies and thinking styles that may help participants overcome difficulties in social settings.

A second objective of this study is to test a new method to measure social cognition by using portable devices. These devices will be carried by participants in their everyday life and will ask about their social activity levels at random times and record activity levels.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

48 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Exploring the Feasibility of Social Skills Training in People With Psychosis.

Study Start Date :

Mar 1, 2014

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2015

Actual Study Completion Date :

Nov 30, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: GRASP GRoup trAining for Social skills in Psychosis	Behavioral: GRASP GRoup trAining for Social skills in Psychosis
Active Comparator: Standard care Treatment as usual as provided by care team	Behavioral: Standard care Treatment as usual

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: GRASP

GRoup trAining for Social skills in Psychosis

Behavioral: GRASP

GRoup trAining for Social skills in Psychosis

Active Comparator: Standard care

Treatment as usual as provided by care team

Behavioral: Standard care

Treatment as usual

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Therapy drop-out rate [8 weeks post randomisation]
Number of therapy session attended [8 weeks post randomisation]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Diagnosis part of the psychosis spectrum (according to DSM-IV or DSM-V or ICD-10)
Good command of the English language
Social engagement problems as evidenced by care coordinator report and number of hours spent in social activities per week lower than 10.