A pilot project investigating the feasibility and effects of a 6 month peer support program commencing 3 months prior to discharge from a specialist first-episode psychosis treatment center
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- First-episode psychosisMental Health - Psychosis and personality disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000241033
- Lead Sponsor
- Orygen Youth Health Research Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Stopped early
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion Criteria
Aged 15-24 and being discharged from a specialist first-episode psychosis center; the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Center (EPPIC) having been treated for first-episode psychosis
Exclusion Criteria
A recent history of violence against the person
An inability to provide informed consent
Inability to speak English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Increased engagement and treatment adherence, as measured by The Psychosocial Treatment Compliance Scale (Tsang, et al., 2006), by specific questions included in a treatment questionnaire and via a telephone call made by the Research Assistant (RA) to the new treating clinician asking about attendance at appointments and medication compliance[Baseline<br>6 months (post intervention)];Increased perceived social support and increased quantity and improved quality of information provided, as measured by the Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al., 1988).[Baseline<br>6 months (post intervention)];Increased service satisfaction, as measured by the Verona Service Satisfaction Scale.[Baseline<br>6 months (post intervention)]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduced risk of suicide, as measured by The Reynolds Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (Reynolds, 1988).[Baseline<br>6 months (post intervention)];Increased quality of life as measured by the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Scale (Heinrichs et al., 1984).[Baseline<br>6 months (post intervention)]