Effectiveness and implementation of the peer-led group programme "Honest, Open, Proud" (HOP) for adults with mental illness

Effectiveness and implementation of the peer-led group programme "Honest, Open, Proud" (HOP) for adults with mental illness - HOP

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033314

Enrollment

224

Registered

2024-01-09

Start date

2024-02-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-12-08

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Conditions

Mental disorders with the exception of substance use disorders without comorbid non-substance-related disorder

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: Participants participate in the HOP programme and in their usual treatment (TAU / treatment as usual), whatever that may be. HOP consists of four 2-hour sessions. The firs

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - self-reported mental disorder - written informed consent - sufficient knowledge of German (required for HOP participation and self-report measures)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Diagnosis of only a substance use disorder without non-substance-related current psychiatric comorbidity. - intellectual disability - acute psychotic symptoms - acute suicidality

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary endpoint is self-stigma at T1 (six weeks after baseline) as assessed by the 5-item self-concurrence subscale, Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, Short-Form (Corrigan et al, 2012).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
In T0, T1 and T2 the following data is collected: • Quality of life (8-item EUROHIS-QOL [Brähler et al, 2007]), • Depressive symptoms (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire [Löwe et al, 2004]), • Stigma stress (8-item Stigma Stress Scale [Rüsch et al, 2009]), • Self-labelling and shame [Rüsch et al, 2014], • Attitudes towards seeking professional help (3-item subscale of the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire [Wilson et al, 2005; Waldmann et al, 2020]), • Attitudes towards disclosure of own illness [Mayer et al, 2022], • Recovery (Self-Identified Stage of Recovery, Part B with 4 items [Andresen et al, 2020]), • Social inclusion (10-item Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale [Leemann et al, 2021]), and • Objective social outcomes (4-item Social Outcomes Index/SIX [Priebe et al, 2008]). HOP participants will evaluate the HOP programme at T1 (after the last HOP session).	—

Measure

Time frame

In T0, T1 and T2 the following data is collected: • Quality of life (8-item EUROHIS-QOL [Brähler et al, 2007]), • Depressive symptoms (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire [Löwe et al, 2004]), • Stigma stress (8-item Stigma Stress Scale [Rüsch et al, 2009]), • Self-labelling and shame [Rüsch et al, 2014], • Attitudes towards seeking professional help (3-item subscale of the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire [Wilson et al, 2005; Waldmann et al, 2020]), • Attitudes towards disclosure of own illness [Mayer et al, 2022], • Recovery (Self-Identified Stage of Recovery, Part B with 4 items [Andresen et al, 2020]), • Social inclusion (10-item Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale [Leemann et al, 2021]), and • Objective social outcomes (4-item Social Outcomes Index/SIX [Priebe et al, 2008]). HOP participants will evaluate the HOP programme at T1 (after the last HOP session).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactCarolin Knoke

Klinik für Psychiatrie II der Univ. Ulm Sektion Public Mental Health

carolin.knoke@uniklinik-ulm.de+49 173 3490732

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 21, 2026