Enrichment With Meaning-generating Activities, Rehabilitation as Usual
Conditions
Keywords
everyday activities, rehabilitation, mental illness, occupational therapy
Brief summary
This RCT study addresses the topic of improving the possibilities for people with severe mental illness (SMI) to be engaged in meaningful daily occupations at community-based activity (CBA) centers. Meaningful occupation, which includes not only work-related activities, but also leisure, household and social activities, is assumed to generate health and wellbeing. It is well established that there is a relationship between satisfaction with daily occupations and well-being. A Swedish mental health care reform stated that the social services should provide meaningful daily occupations to people with SMI. However, evaluations of the effects of the reform conclude that the target group's needs for meaningful daily occupation have not been met. Thus, on the basis of governmental reports and evaluations, there is an urgent need for improving the quality of the activities and support offered at CBA centers. Therefore, the overarching aim of this project is to develop and implement an intervention method for improving the activities offered and support given at CBA centers, and evaluate the outcomes of that intervention. Specific aims * Developing and implementing an intervention that means reorganization of CBA centers in such a way that they become enriched with characteristics that have been identified as rewarding and meaningful in previous research. * Evaluating the outcome of that intervention on: * the unit level, i.e., in terms of changes in the characteristics of the CBA centers, * the individual level, in terms of changes among the consumers regarding satisfaction with the activities at the CBA center, perceived control, social interaction, quality of life, etc. Cluster randomization is used. Day centers are randomized to either giving the new intervention (enrichment) or continuing with care as usual during the study period, which is 14 months. This means that all participants in a day center get the type care their specific day center offers during the study period.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEnrichment with meaning-generating activities
Gaps in the rehabilitation are identified by staff and researchers in dialogue. Staff gets relevant education. An intervention is tailored by staff and researchers to bridge the gaps. Consumers have a say and the intervention is revised accordingly. The intervention is implemented and continues for 14 months.
Sponsors
The Swedish Research Council
Lund University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* severe mental illness \> 2 years * age 18-65 years * visiting the day center \> 4 hrs per week
Exclusion criteria
* comorbidity of dementia or developmental disorder * acute psychosis * primary diagnosis of substance use disorder * insufficient knowledge of Swedish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Score on questionnaire regarding perceived meaning in day center occupations | Up to 14 months | A self-report measure, Estimation of Perceived Meaning in Day Centers (EPM-DC,) has been developed in previous research. It is a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing meaningfulness in the day center context. Nilsson, I., Argentzell, E., Sandlund, M., Leufstadius, C., & Eklund, M. (2011). Measuring perceived meaningfulness in day centres for persons with mental illness. Scand J Occup Ther, 18(4), 312-320. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Score on satisfction with the rehabilitation | Up to 14 months | The instrument is widely used an well-tested. It is a self-report measure that targets satisfaction with the care/rehabilitation received. Larsen, D. L., Attkisson, C. C., Hargreaves, W. A., & Nguyen, T. D. (1979). Assessment of client/patient satisfaction: development of a general scale. Eval Program Plann, 2(3), 197-207. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life score | Up to 14 monts | The individual assesses his/her quality of life according to the MANSA scale, which is a self-report measure asking for satisfaction in 11 life domains. Priebe, S., Huxley, P., Knight, S., & Evans, S. (1999). Application and results of the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA). Int J Soc Psychiatry, 45(1), 7-12. |
Outcome results
None listed