Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depression, Psychosis
Conditions
Keywords
severe mental illness
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine wether peer support is effective for the treatment of people with severe mental illness.
Detailed description
A randomized controlled multi center trial is conducted, where patients receive usual care in the control group and usual care with additional peer support for 6 month in the intervention group. Psychosocial outcome criteria are collected pre intervention, after 6 month intervention and at one year follow up. Days till hospitalization and days spent in hospital are collected for one year before recruitment and one year after recruitment.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALpeer support
peer support is delivered by persons with a severe mental illness after the experience of recovery and after absolving a one year education to support others on their way to recovery
Sponsors
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
17 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorder
Exclusion criteria
* primary clinical diagnosis of addiction
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in Self-Efficacy at 6 month | 1. Baseline; 6 month follow up (post intervention); twelve month follow | General Self-Efficacy Scale; Self report Questionnaire; 10 Items |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in Severity of illness at 6 and 12 month | 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow | Clinical observation: Clinical global impression |
| Change from Baseline in Illness management, Coping at 6 and 12 month | 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow | Self report questionnaire: Subjective sense of psychosis |
| Hospitalization in days of in-patient care | one year before, until one year past intervention | The days of in patient care assessed from the clinical records |
| Change from Baseline in Psychosocial functioning at 6 and 12 month | 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow | Clinical observation: Global assessment of functioning DSM |
| Change from Baseline in Quality of life at 6 and 12 month | 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow | Self report questionnaires: Modulares System zur Lebensqualität MSLQ-R |
| Service satisfaction after six month of intervention | After six month intervention | Self report questionnaire: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire CSQ 8 |
| Days to hospitalization | Baseline until 12 month follow up | Days to hospitalization after the beginning of treatment assessed from the clinical records |
Outcome results
None listed