Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:58 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:58 PM
NCT ID:
NCT05017532
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or a related psychotic disorder
2. Being followed and treated by a clinician of the Douglas Mental Health University Hospital
3. Being 18 or older
4. Having an objective difficulty in social cognition (i.e. emotion recognition, theory of mind, attributional bias, social perception) defined as a performance equal of below 1 standard deviation from the normative group on one of the following measures: Penn Emotion Recognition Task (ER-40; Emotion recognition), Combined Stories Test (COST; Theory of mind), Social Knowledge test (SKT; Social knowledge) or Interpersonal, Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire (IPSAQ; Attributional style). This criterion is mandatory since we need to be able to remediate a difficulty during cognitive remediation.
5. Being considered symptomatically stable and capable of using the online platforms, as judged by their primary clinicians (i.e., psychiatrist, case manager, psychologist)
6. Having access to digital technology, Internet and access to a private space (a room where the participant can be alone)
7. Being able to nominate an emergency contact
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Evidence of an organic cause for cognitive difficulties (e.g. neurological disease, history of brain trauma)
2. History of mental retardation or autism spectrum disorder
3. Being hospitalized at the time of recruitment
4. Inability to speak or read French or English
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT05017532
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT05017532