Group schema-focused therapy enriched with psychomotor therapy for older adults with personality disorders in specialized mental health care: a (cost-) effectiveness study

Completed

• Conditions: Personality disorder; character traits; 10034726

• Registration Number: NL-OMON47231
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

- Age: 60 years or older
- Cluster B or C personality disorder
- Mentally able to adhere to the group schema-focused treatment schedule and to fill out the schema (-mode) questionnaires
- Informed consent for the study

Exclusion Criteria

- Severe mental illness, including current bipolar disorder or psychosis, or substance abuse disorder needing clinical detoxification.
- An established neurodegenerative disorder or cognitive impairment defined as a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) sum score below 24 points.
- Prior schema-focused therapy, received in the previous year or during the present episode of illness.
- Immediate suicide risk interfering with adequate treatment delivery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Primary outcome is general psychological distress (Brief Symptom Inventory;<br /><br>BSI-53). Cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed from a societal<br /><br>perspective (based on EQ-5D-5L and structured cost-interviews).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary outcome measures are: quality of life and psychotropic drug use. </p><br>