A pilot trial to assess the effect of a structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings
- Conditions
- Topic: Mental Health Research NetworkSubtopic: Personality disorder, PsychosisDisease: Personality disorders, PsychosisMental and Behavioural DisordersMental and behavioural disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN34145189
- Lead Sponsor
- Canterbury Christ Church University (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
The inclusion criterion for the clinicians will be that they are designated primary key workers for in-patients within the participating wards. Each service user whose key worker is participating in the study will be eligible to participate as long as the following inclusion criteria are met
1. They have a history of least 3 months of current in-patient treatment in the service and are capable of giving informed consent. Informed consent from both key workers and service users will be obtained before inclusion into the study.
2. Target Gender: Male & Female; Upper Age Limit 75 years ; Lower Age Limit 18 years
1. The key workers or service users do not wish to participate in the study
2. Service users are required to have been in-patients in the unit for more than three months and able to give informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life assessed by Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method