Back to resultsA Working Memory Training in Burnout Patients
Primary Purpose
Burnout
Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Netherlands
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Working memory training
Placebo training
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Burnout focused on measuring burnout, working memory, working memory training, cognitive behavioral therapy, executive control
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- undifferentiated somatoform disorder with a work related cause
Exclusion Criteria:
- age which exceeded the range of 18 to 67 years
- a severe major depressive episode
- substance dependence or abuse
Sites / Locations
- HSKRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm Label
Working memory training
Placebo training
Arm Description
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Change in Utrechtse Burnout Scale (UBOS) score on pre and post training and two months after training
The Dutch translation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach, & Jackson, 1996), the Utrechtse Burnout Scale-A, measures the severity of burnout symptoms.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Change in Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) score on pre and post training and two months after training
The Cognitive Failure Questionnarie measures the frequency of participants' experienced cognitive failures regarding memory, action, perception and attention.
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT02119962
First Posted
April 8, 2014
Last Updated
April 18, 2014
Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center
Collaborators
HSK
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT02119962
Brief Title
A Working Memory Training in Burnout Patients
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
April 2014
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
June 2013 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
September 2014 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center
Collaborators
HSK
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Burnout patients show deficient working memory functioning. Several studies showed a training can increase working memory capacity. In the current study we explored whether training working memory can reduce burnout and burnout related symptoms and increase working memory capacity.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Burnout
Keywords
burnout, working memory, working memory training, cognitive behavioral therapy, executive control
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Working memory training
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Title
Placebo training
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Working memory training
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Placebo training
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Utrechtse Burnout Scale (UBOS) score on pre and post training and two months after training
Description
The Dutch translation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach, & Jackson, 1996), the Utrechtse Burnout Scale-A, measures the severity of burnout symptoms.
Time Frame
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) score on pre and post training and two months after training
Description
The Cognitive Failure Questionnarie measures the frequency of participants' experienced cognitive failures regarding memory, action, perception and attention.
Time Frame
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Change in Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90) score on pre and post training and two months after training
Description
The Dutch version of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (Derogatis, 1977) is a 90-item self-report questionnaire which measures psychosocial distress of the last week - including the day of testing - on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely).
Time Frame
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
Title
Change in Digit Span score on pre and post training and two months after training
Description
The Digit Span consists of two parts with 14 trials each: the forward Digit Span measures short term memory, whereas the backward version measures WM.
Time Frame
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
Title
Change in Reading Span partial-credit unit score on pre and post training and two months after training
Description
The Reading Span assesses the processing and storage functions of WM (Shipstead et al., 2012).
Time Frame
Baseline, post (4 weeks after baseline), after last session of cognitive behavioral therapy and follow-up (2 months after post-test)
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
67 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
undifferentiated somatoform disorder with a work related cause
Exclusion Criteria:
age which exceeded the range of 18 to 67 years
a severe major depressive episode
substance dependence or abuse
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Sabine Wanmaker, MSc
Phone
0031616427805
Email
wanmaker@fsw.eur.nl
Facility Information:
Facility Name
HSK
City
Arnhem
State/Province
Gelderland
ZIP/Postal Code
6800 AC
Country
Netherlands
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Sabine Wanmaker, MSc
Phone
0031(0)616427805
Email
wanmaker@fsw.eur.nl
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Sabine Wanmaker, MSc
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