Randomized Trial of a Peer-led Intervention to Promote Community Living and Participation - The Bridging Community Gaps Photovoice
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Illness
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
- Enrollment
- 197
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- UCLA Loneliness Scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test a peer-led intervention intended to promote the community living and participation of individuals with psychiatric disabilities entitled "Bridging Community Gaps Photovoice" (BCGP). The intervention targets increasing community involvement of individuals with psychiatric disabilities through reduction in self-stigma and perceived stigma, enhancing opportunities for community participation, and support to achieve community participation goals.
Detailed Description
The BCGP intervention is 6 months long and the investigators expect that participants will experience lower self and perceived stigma, increased community participation and sense of belonging, and improved psychosocial functioning and personal growth after the intervention. The intervention is comprised of a 12-week class that meets once a week for two hours, followed by three booster sessions - one per month in the three months following the class, and up to 24 sessions of individual support as needed throughout the 6 months provided on a weekly basis either in person or by phone. The purpose of the individual support is to reinforce the class activities and to ensure the participants meets their community participation goal. The proposed study is a randomized trial which will be conducted at Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (BUCPR) in Massachusetts, the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) in Colorado, and the Greater Bridgeport Mental Health Center (GBMHC) in Connecticut.
Investigators
Erna Sally Rogers
Research Professor
Boston University Charles River Campus
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •are 18 or older.
- •are recipients of services at research sites due to having a DSM-V diagnosis of mental illness, including dual diagnosis (dual diagnosis refers to co-occurring mental illness and alcohol/ substance use disorder).
- •are interested in enhancing their community participation.
- •are not currently receiving individual peer support services.
- •are able to read and write in English.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inability to give full and knowing consent.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
UCLA Loneliness Scale
Time Frame: Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months
is a 20-item 4-point Likert-type scale, widely used measure of loneliness and social isolation. Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranging from .89 to .94.
Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Community Participation
Time Frame: Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months
Consists of a set of objective and subjective measures of community belonging, inclusion and participation.
Secondary Outcomes
- Personal Growth and Recovery Scale(Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months)
- Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS - R)(Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months)
- The Stigma Scale(Change from Baseline to 3 months, 3 months to 6 months, 6 months to 9 months, 9 months to 12 months)
- Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale(Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months)
- Approaches to Coping with Anti-Stigma(Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months)
- Community Goal Achievement Scale(Change from Baseline to 3 months to 6 months to 9 months to 12 months)