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Needs-tailored Nurse-led Recovery Program for Community-dwelling People With Schizophrenia

Effectiveness of a Needs-tailored Nurse-led Recovery Program for Community-dwelling People With Schizophrenia: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05304780
Enrollment
164
Registered
2022-03-31
Start date
2020-07-15
Completion date
2021-12-31
Last updated
2024-01-08

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Conditions

Medication Adherence, Recovery, Schizophrenia

Keywords

Needs-tailored, Recovery, Empowerment, Hope, Medication Adherence, Cluster-randomized controlled trial

Brief summary

Meeting people's needs is positively correlated with their recovery. However, recovery services rarely include nurse-led programs tailored to the needs of these people. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a new needs-tailored recovery program by using a cluster-randomized controlled trial design.

Detailed description

First year, investigators used the pilot study to test the needs tailored recovery program feasibility, acceptability and preliminary usefulness of the needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program. In the second year, based on the findings of the pilot study, a cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program in two psychiatric centers in northern Taiwan. The treatment group receive the needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program by their home-care nurses over 6 months. The control group receive the usual community psychiatric care only. Data were collected before the intervention, after the intervention, and at a follow-up session three months after the end of the intervention period. The outcomes were recovery, needs, hope, empowerment, psychotic symptoms, and medication adherence. The investigators used repeated measures ANOVA tests to examine the effect of the group × time interaction.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALneeds-tailored nurse-led recovery program

The needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program were divided into five major stages of care, which were build partnership, conduct integrated needs assessment, set needs-based recovery goals and provide empowerment-oriented care, conduct continuous monitoring of goals, and conduct effectiveness evaluations.

Sponsors

National Science and Technology Council
CollaboratorFED
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* were living in the community and had a diagnosis of schizophrenia based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) * were aged 20-64 years * were able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.

Exclusion criteria

* were living in a community institution such as a recovery home, community rehabilitation center, nursing home, or day hospital * had a neurocognitive disorder, substance abuse disorder, or comorbidity.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change scores of Questionnaire about the Process of RecoverybaselineParticipants will complete the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR). It is total of 22 questions in this scale to evaluate recovery score.Each question is scored from 0-4 points.The higher scores mean a better outcome.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change scores of Rogers Empowerment ScalebaselineParticipants will complete the Empowerment Scale. It is total of 13 questions in this scale to evaluate empowerment score. Each question is scored from 1-4 points.The higher scores mean a better outcome.
Change scores of Needs Assessment Instrument for the Community-Dwelling People with Mental IllnessbaselineParticipants will complete the Needs Assessment Instrument for the Community-Dwelling People with Mental Illness. It is total of 22 questions in this scale to evaluate need. Each question is scored from 0-2 points. The higher the score, the greater the demand.
Change scores of Herth Hope IndexbaselineParticipants will complete the Herth Hope Index (HHI). It is total of 12 questions in this scale to evaluate hope score.Each question is scored from 1-4 points.The higher scores mean a better outcome.
Change scores of Medication Adherence Rating ScalebaselineParticipants will complete the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS). It is total of 10 questions in this scale to evaluate medication adherence score. Each question is scored from 0-1 points.The higher scores mean a better outcome.
Change scores of Brief Psychiatric Rating ScalebaselineParticipants will complete the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). It is total of 16 questions in this scale to evaluate psychiatric symptom. Each question is scored from 0-6 points.The higher scores mean a worse outcome.

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026