Young adults living with mental illness and their family in community mental health care settings

Family-centered support in community health settings related to mental illness: applying a family strength and resource conversation intervention to increase support in everyday life, family sense of coherence and quality of care

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN22393598

Enrollment

100

Registered

2017-10-25

Start date

2017-10-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-09-07

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Conditions

Mental illness which includes health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion or behavior (or a combination of these), and is associated with distress and/or problems functioning in social, work or family activities and family everyday life Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Health care professionals conduct Family Centered Support conversations after completing a two-day seminar on the Calgary family assessment and the intervention model and skill-training with different

problem identification, relationship between family interactions and the health problem, attempted solutions to solving problems, and goals. Health care professionals explore and assess relevant categ

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Young adults between 18-25 years old 2. Living with mental illness facing problem and strain, impaired function associated with distress, symptoms, and diagnosable mental disorders 3. No diagnosis is required 3. Living alone or with family and/or friends and/or others 4. Speak and read Norwegian 5. Contact with community health services related to mental illness Family members: 1. Family members over 18 years old 2. Defined by the young adult to be in the family 3. Able to speak and read Norwegian

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Cognitive impairment 2. Psychotic state 3. Alcohol or drug dependence 4. Living in a residential home for mentally ill persons Family members: 1. Cognitive impairment 2. Psychotic state 3. Alcohol or drug dependence

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome measure as of 04/10/2018: Quantitative: For patients and family members: 1. Illness beliefs about cause of illness (etiology), control of illness on family and control of family on illness, effect of illness on the individual and family, illness suffering and support received from health care professionals during illness, measured using the Iceland- Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (ICE-FIBQ)(N). Measured in November 2018- June 2019 2. Family's perceptions of support provided by health professionals, measured using the Iceland –Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ) (N). Measured in November 2018- June 2019 Qualitative: 1. Young adult living with mental illness and their family’s experiences of participating in family-centered support intervention and perceptions of everyday life before and after the intervention. Family interviews one month after the last conversation will be analyzed and described with phenomenography. Phenomenography investigates the qualitative different way people perceive, understand and experiences or thinks about a phenomenon. In accordance with the FCSC intervention where perceptions on the family situation are essential. Measured in February 2018 Previous primary outcome measure: Quantitative: For patients and family members: 1. Illness beliefs about cause of illness (etiology), control of illness on family and control of family on illness, effect of illness on the individual and family, illness suffering and support received from health care professionals during illness, measured using the Iceland- Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (ICE-FIBQ)(N). Measured in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018 2. Family's perceptions of support provided by health professionals, measured using the Iceland –Family Perceived Support Questionnai	—

Measure

Time frame

Primary outcome measure as of 04/10/2018: Quantitative: For patients and family members: 1. Illness beliefs about cause of illness (etiology), control of illness on family and control of family on illness, effect of illness on the individual and family, illness suffering and support received from health care professionals during illness, measured using the Iceland- Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (ICE-FIBQ)(N). Measured in November 2018- June 2019 2. Family's perceptions of support provided by health professionals, measured using the Iceland –Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ) (N). Measured in November 2018- June 2019 Qualitative: 1. Young adult living with mental illness and their family’s experiences of participating in family-centered support intervention and perceptions of everyday life before and after the intervention. Family interviews one month after the last conversation will be analyzed and described with phenomenography. Phenomenography investigates the qualitative different way people perceive, understand and experiences or thinks about a phenomenon. In accordance with the FCSC intervention where perceptions on the family situation are essential. Measured in February 2018 Previous primary outcome measure: Quantitative: For patients and family members: 1. Illness beliefs about cause of illness (etiology), control of illness on family and control of family on illness, effect of illness on the individual and family, illness suffering and support received from health care professionals during illness, measured using the Iceland- Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (ICE-FIBQ)(N). Measured in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018 2. Family's perceptions of support provided by health professionals, measured using the Iceland –Family Perceived Support Questionnai

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome measures as of 04/10/2018: Secondary outcome measures For patients: 1. Quality of care from a patient perspective, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPC)(N) in November 2018- June 2019 For family members: 2. Quality of care, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences as next of kin of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPNC)(N) in November 2018- June 2019 Previous secondary outcome measures: For patients: 1. Quality of care from a patient perspective, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPC)(N) in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018 For family members: 2. Quality of care, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences as next of kin of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPNC)(N) in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcome measures as of 04/10/2018: Secondary outcome measures For patients: 1. Quality of care from a patient perspective, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPC)(N) in November 2018- June 2019 For family members: 2. Quality of care, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences as next of kin of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPNC)(N) in November 2018- June 2019 Previous secondary outcome measures: For patients: 1. Quality of care from a patient perspective, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPC)(N) in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018 For family members: 2. Quality of care, measured using Quality in Psychiatric Care - Your experiences as next of kin of community psychiatric care (QPC-OPNC)(N) in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018

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Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026