How Can Rehospitalisations of Patients With Schizophrenia be Avoided? A Comparison Between Different Compliance Programs

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00514423

Enrollment

896

Registered

2007-08-10

Start date

2006-09-30

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2014-08-29

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Conditions

Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia

Brief summary

Participation in one of the three interventions psychoeducation by professionals, psychoeducation by peer-moderators, or video-education can reduce the rehospitalisation rate of patients with schizophrenia compared to a control group.

Interventions

OTHERPsychoeducation by professonals

OTHERPsychoeducation by peer-moderators

OTHERVideo-education

OTHERNoneducational video group (control group)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 67 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (ICD-10) * Age 18 to 67 years * Hospitalised or treated in day care clinic

Exclusion criteria

* More than 12 months of hospitalisation within the last two years * Substance-dependency (principal diagnosis) * Mental retardation ICD-10 Chapter F70-79 * Fluency of German language not given

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rehospitalisation rate	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Resulting costs per patient	—
Compliance	—
Knowledge of illness	—
Attitude towards illness	—
Rehospitalisation days	—
Satisfaction with treatment	—
Duration of consultation time	—
Dealing with mental illness	—
Quality of life	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026