Peer Support for Severe Mental Disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Psychosis; Bipolar Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Major Depression
• Interventions: Behavioral: peer support

• Registration Number: NCT02276469
• Lead Sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine wether peer support is effective for the treatment of people with severe mental illness.

Detailed Description

A randomized controlled multi center trial is conducted, where patients receive usual care in the control group and usual care with additional peer support for 6 month in the intervention group. Psychosocial outcome criteria are collected pre intervention, after 6 month intervention and at one year follow up. Days till hospitalization and days spent in hospital are collected for one year before recruitment and one year after recruitment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Study First Submitted: 2014-10-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-10-24
• Study First Posted: 2014-10-28
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorder

Exclusion Criteria

• primary clinical diagnosis of addiction

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
peer support	peer support	peer support is delivered on individual basis for half a year, the frequency depends on the patients requirement, but at least 3 sessions has to occur

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline in Self-Efficacy at 6 month	1. Baseline; 6 month follow up (post intervention); twelve month follow	General Self-Efficacy Scale; Self report Questionnaire; 10 Items

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Service satisfaction after six month of intervention	After six month intervention	Self report questionnaire: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire CSQ 8
Change from Baseline in Psychosocial functioning at 6 and 12 month	1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow	Clinical observation: Global assessment of functioning DSM
Change from Baseline in Quality of life at 6 and 12 month	1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow	Self report questionnaires: EuroQol-Group: EQ5D
Change from Baseline in Illness management, Coping at 6 and 12 month	1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow	Self report questionnaire: Subjective sense of psychosis
Hospitalization in days of in-patient care	one year before, until one year past intervention	The days of in patient care assessed from the clinical records
Change from Baseline in Severity of illness at 6 and 12 month	1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow	Clinical observation: Clinical global impression
Days to hospitalization	Baseline until 12 month follow up	Days to hospitalization after the beginning of treatment assessed from the clinical records