Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of short-term inpatient psychotherapy (STIP) as compared to outpatient psychotherapy: a randomised clinical trial among patients with personality disorders in the Netherlands

Completed

• Conditions: Personality disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN99682667
• Lead Sponsor: Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders (VISPD) (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) diagnosis of one or more cluster B or C personality disorders or personality disorder not otherwise specified (PDNOS) (as evidenced by a semi-structured interview)
2. Personality pathology as focus of treatment
3. Age at least 18
4. Residing within a 30-mile circle around Centre of Psychotherapy De Viersprong in Halsteren (i.e. Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Breda, Antwerpen, Zeeland)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Insufficient command of Dutch language
2. Severe cognitive impairments
3. Mental retardation or borderline intellectual functioning
4. Severe Axis I comorbidity as indicated by the presence of chronic psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder or substance dependence
5. A history of psychosis
6. Past year treatment history including one of the treatments in the current study AND a clear rationale why repetition of that treatment is contraindicated

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Symptomatic improvement<br>2. Structural improvement<br>3. Functional improvement<br>4. Quality of life

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secondary outcome measures