Post stationary telemedical care of patients with severe psychiatric disorders
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F20F25.SCHIZOAFFEKTIVESTOERUNGENF31.BIPOLARESTOERUNGE
- Registration Number
- DRKS00008548
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsmedizin Greifswald
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 121
Inclusion Criteria
Medical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder. Signed consent to study participation.
Exclusion Criteria
Planned hospitalization in the next 6 months. No telephone access.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint is the evaluation medication adherence. The assesssment instrument is the MARS-D (German version of the Medication Adherence Report Scale). Times of measurement are baseline, 3- and 6-months-follow ups. The hypothesis is that after 6 months, the medication adherence in the intervention group is better than the control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary endpoints compare the frequency of anew and unplanned psychiatric (partly) inpatient stays, the periods until the unplanned (partly) inpatient treatment as well as quality of life, coping with everyday life and the development of symptoms within each of the 6 months.<br>Data of unplannend readmissions are recorded with computer assistance. The quality of life is measured by the questionnaire WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organsiation Quality Of Life), coping with everyday life with GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) and symptoms with BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale). Measurement times are baseline, 3- and 6-month follow-ups.