Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression, Schizophrenia
Conditions
Keywords
self-directed care, serious mental illness
Brief summary
This project proposed to demonstrate the effectiveness, costs, and benefits to participation and community living self-directed care programming within a financially sustainable Medicaid managed care environment. The study examined outcomes associated with the implementation of a novel self-directed care (SDC) approach being implemented in Delaware County, Pennsylvania in which consumers were able to access a set amount of renewable funds per year and direct how they were spent, both to purchase the types and amounts of rehabilitation and treatment services they desire (and from whom they choose) and to purchase a broad-range of individualized resources and services that are generally outside of Medicaid funding (e.g., health club memberships, yoga classes, support in taking care of bills).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALself-directed care
Sponsors
Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Adults between 18-65 who are currently receiving Medicaid-reimbursed services in Delaware County, Pennsylvania for either a schizophrenia-spectrum, major depression, or bipolar disorder; 2. Individuals with a cost profile within the 60-90% band of all Magellan-administered Medicaid recipients in the county (estimated service costs between $10,048 and $22,324); 3) No more than two inpatient hospitalizations of 10 days per stay, over a 2 year period prior to the study; 4\) No hospitalization within 6 months of the study; 5) Ability to understand self-directed care requirement and express interest in working with a recovery coach.
Exclusion criteria
1. do not speak English; 2. have a legal guardian; 3. are unable to give informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline TU Community Participation Questionnaire to follow up at 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | Used to gather information about the frequency of participation in multiple domains (e.g., employment, education, spirituality, leisure/recreation, attendance at self-help groups, etc.) in the last 30 days, whether or not they did the activity enough, not enough, or too much in addition to their level of satisfaction with their level of participation in the activity. |
| Change from Baseline Recovery Assessment Scale to follow up at 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Quality of Life to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Hopkins Symptom Checklist to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Empowerment Scale to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Coping Mastery Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Perceived Competence for Recovery Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Perceived Autonomy Support: The Mental Health Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Elements of a Recovery Facilitating Systems Assessment Questionnaire - Adult Version to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Revised Camberwell Assessment of Need Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
| Change from Baseline Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baseline | Baseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline | — |
Outcome results
None listed