Addressing cognitive deficits in alcohol use disorder (AUD) supports recovery. Impaired metacognitive functioning in AUD causes compromised recognition of the interoceptive state leading to the maintenance of alcohol abuse despite negative consequences. By promoting greater self-awareness and self-regulation, neurofeedback training is of high relevance in metacognition remediation to support abstinence. The main objective of the present study is to validate neurofeedback as a complementary clinical tool to overcome metacognitive deficits that represent a significant factor in the maintenance of harmful consumption behavior and relapse phenomena in AUD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
130
Neurofeedback uses real-time displays of brain activity to teach self regulation of brain function. People can learn to control their own brain activity through operant conditioning, where they receive feedback on their brainwaves and learn to modify them to achieve a desired state. Active neurofeedback group aims at enhancing the sensorimotor rhythm (12-15 Hz).
Neurofeedback uses real-time displays of brain activity to teach self regulation of brain function. People can learn to control their own brain activity through operant conditioning, where they receive feedback on their brainwaves and learn to modify them to achieve a desired state. Placebo feedback group (PFT) : patients enhance random frequency bands
CHU Brugmann
Brussels, Belgium
RECRUITINGEvent related potential
Error related negativity (ERN) measurement
Time frame: Baseline T0
Event related potential
Error related negativity (ERN) measurement
Time frame: Immediately after the last neurofeedback training session T1
Metacognition questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30)
Metacognitive assessment by means of a questionnaire. Scores from 6 to 24, with higher scores meaning worse outcomes.
Time frame: Baseline T0
Metacognition questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30)
Metacognitive assessment by means of a questionnaire. Scores from 6 to 24, with higher scores meaning worse outcomes.
Time frame: Immediately after the last neurofeedback training session T1
Commission error rate
Behavior assessment
Time frame: Baseline T0
Commission error rate
Behavior assessment
Time frame: Immediately after the last neurofeedback training session T1
Reaction times
Behavior assessment
Time frame: Baseline T0
Abstinence
Number of days of abstinence
Time frame: Immediately after the last neurofeedback training session T1
Abstinence
Number of days of abstinence
Time frame: 2 weeks post discharge
Abstinence
Number of days of abstinence
Time frame: 1 month post discharge
Abstinence
Number of days of abstinence
Time frame: 2 months post discharge
Abstinence
Number of days of abstinence
Time frame: 3 months post discharge
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