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Developing social skills, communication skills and self confidence through dance, drama and yoga in patients with long term mental illness at NIMH, Angoda
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2013/008
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Mar 03, 2019
Trial Status
Scientific Title of Trial
Developing social skills, communication skills and self confidence through dance, drama and yoga in patients with long term mental illness at NIMH, Angoda
Public Title of Trial
Developing social skills, communication skills and self confidence through dance, drama and yoga in patients with long term mental illness at NIMH, Angoda
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Schizophrenia
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
None
Universal Trial Number
None
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
ERC/12-015 (Ethics Review Committee of the Sri Lanka Medical Association)
What is the research question being addressed?
Does developing social skills, communication skills and self confidence through dance, drama and yoga have an impact on symptom reduction and self esteem among patients with long term mental illness?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Randomized controlled trial
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Standard therapy/practice
Assignment
Parallel
Purpose
Supportive care
Study Phase
Not Available
Intervention(s) planned
Participants will be randomized into two groups.
In addition to standard care, the intervention group will participate in workshops combining dance, drama and yoga aimed at enhancing social skills, communication skills and self-confidence. Specific interventions will include: 1.Relaxation exercises (mental and physical) through meditation, imagination and stretching exercise. 2.Breathing exercises to improve acting, singing and announcing skills. 3.Body Movement Exercises for acting, singing. 4.Basic Acting Exercises. 5.Alexander Technique for good posture. 6.Theatre games to improve focus and team work. 7.Exercises to build self confidence. 8.Yoga for mind and body Body 9.Creative work using props 10.Use of music to enhance creativity and moods
The comparison group would only receive standard care. Standard care includes the type of care that fits with normal 'custom and practice'. This includes interventions such as medication, hospitalization; Occupational therapy and community follow up
Inclusion criteria
1.Patients with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia made by a Consultant Psychiatrist using WHO criteria 2.Individuals who are receiving treatment from psychiatry wards in a large psychiatric hospital 3.Individuals living in the community 4.Individuals receiving psychiatric treatment due to a court order 5.Patients with a stable mental state following treatment.
Exclusion criteria
1.Patients with learning disability 2.Patients with physical disabilities 3.Patients with critical medical conditions 4.Patients whose primary diagnosis is directly linked to substance use
Primary outcome(s)
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Improvement of mental illness using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for Schizophrenia |
[ At baseline and after completion of 8 sessions of therapy (3 weeks) ] |
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2.
Changes in self esteem using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale |
[ At baseline and after completion of 8 sessions of therapy (3 weeks) ] |
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3.
Patient satisfaction using pre-tested questionnaire |
[ At baseline and after completion of 8 sessions of therapy (3 weeks) ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
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1.
None |
[ None ] |
Target number/sample size
80 (40 in each group)
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2013-03-01
Anticipated end date
2013-04-01
Date of first enrollment
2013-03-17
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Complete: follow up complete
Funding source
None
Regulatory approvals
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2012-09-12
Approval number
EC/12-015
Details of Ethics Review Committee
| Name: | Ethics Review Committee, Sri Lanka Medical Association, |
| Institutional Address: | No 6, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka |
| Telephone: | +94-11-2693324 |
| Email: | erc.slma@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
Dr Kapila Ranasinghe
Consultant Psychiatrist
National Institute of Mental Health, Angoda
0716804866
kapila_ranasinghe@yahoo.co.uk
Contact Person for Public Queries
Dr Kapila Ranasinghe
Consultant Psychiatrist
National Institute of Mental Health, Angoda
0716804866
kapila_ranasinghe@yahoo.co.uk
Primary study sponsor/organization
National Institute of Mental Health, Angoda.
Angoda, Sri Lanka
0112578234
mhangoda@yahoo.com
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
IPD sharing plan description
Study protocol available
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
Brief summary of results
