A Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Program for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatric and Neurological Conditions: A Review That Supports Its Efficacy

Table 1

Summary of main characteristics of the REHACOP’s implementation and significant improvements in each pathology.

Sample	Control group	Group allocation	Duration	Trained modules	Significant improvements after rehabilitation
Schizophrenia; 52 REHACOP group vs. 49 control group [21]	Active control group (occupational activities)	Randomized	13 weeks (3 sessions per week, 90 minutes) [21]	(1) Attention, (2) learning and memory, (3) language, (4) executive functions, and (5) social cognition [21]	(i) Neurocognition; (ii) Theory of mind, social perception, and emotion processing; (iii) Negative symptoms and emotional distress; (iv) Functional competence and global functioning
36 REHACOP vs. 48 control group [22]			[22] 13 weeks (3 sessions per week, 90 minutes) [22]	(1) Attention, (2) learning and memory, (3) language, (4) executive functions, (5) social skills, (6) activities of daily living, and (7) psychoeducation [22]	(i) Processing speed, verbal memory, verbal fluency, working memory, and executive functioning; (ii) Negative symptoms, disorganization symptoms, and emotional distress; (iii) Functional competence, global functioning, and social competence
38 REHACOP vs. 38 control group [23]			12 weeks (3 sessions per week, 90 minutes) [23]	(1) Attention, (2) learning and memory, (3) language, and (4) executive functions [23]	(i) Verbal memory, processing speed, working memory, and verbal fluency; (ii) Insight
Multiple sclerosis; 21 REHACOP vs. 21 control group [14]	Passive control group	Randomized	13 weeks (3 sessions per week, 60 minutes)	(1) Attention, (2) learning and memory, (3) language, (4) executive functions, and (5) social cognition	(i) Processing speed, working memory, verbal memory, and executive functions
Parkinson’s disease; 20 REHACOP vs. 22 control group [15]	Active control group (occupational activities)	Randomized	13 weeks (3 sessions per week, 60 minutes)	(1) Attention, (2) learning and memory, (3) language, (4) executive functions, and (5) social cognition	(i) Processing speed and visual memory; (ii) Theory of mind; (iii) Functional disability