A multidisciplinary study of the management of neuroleptic medication in schizophrenia: Educational and collaborative approaches

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Schizophrenia; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN93636537
• Lead Sponsor: Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)

Brief Summary

2005 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15997012 (added 19/02/2020) Articles directly relating to the trial itself: 1. Rogers, A., Day, J., Wood, P., Randall, F., Healy, D. and Bentall, R.P. The meaning and management of neuroleptic medication: A study of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Social Science and Medicine, 47, 1313-1323, 1998. = PMID: 9783874. 2. Rogers, A., Day, J.C., Randall, F. and Bentall, R.P. Patients' understanding and participation in a trial designed to improve the management of anti-psychotic medication: a qualitative study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 38, 203, 720-727, 2003. = PMID: 14689177. 3. Day, J.C., Bentall, R.P., Roberts, C., Randall, F., Rogers, A., Cattell, D., Healy, D., Wood, P., and Reid, C. Adherence with antipsychotic medication: The impact of clinical variables and relationships with health professionals. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 717-724, 2005 = PMID: 15997012. Papers peripheral to the main aims of the trial based on the data we collected: 1. Foster, J., Finlayson, S., Bentall, R.P., Day, J., Randall, F., Wood, P., Reid, D., Rogers, A. and Healy, D. The perceived expressed emotion in staff scale. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 10, 109-117, 2003. 2. Randall, F., Corcoran, R., Day, J. C., & Bentall, R. P. (2001). Attention, theory of mind and causal attributions in people with paranoid delusions: A preliminary investigation. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 8, 287-294.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2000-06-01
• Study Start: 2000-10-23
• Last Update Posted: 3 March 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 228

Inclusion Criteria

Patients suffering from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder admitted to acute psychiatric wards in the North West of England and North Wales.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided at time of registration

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Attitudes towards neuroleptic medication as measured by the Drug Attitudes Inventory<br> 2. Psychotic symptoms as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndromes Scale<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration