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Assessing the Impact of Self-directed Care, Within a Medicaid-funded Environment,on Participation and Community Living

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Major Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia
Interventions
Behavioral: self-directed care
Registration Number
NCT02520024
Lead Sponsor
Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Brief Summary

This project proposed to demonstrate the effectiveness, costs, and benefits to participation and community living self-directed care programming within a financially sustainable Medicaid managed care environment. The study examined outcomes associated with the implementation of a novel self-directed care (SDC) approach being implemented in Delaware County, Pennsylvania in which consumers were able to access a set amount of renewable funds per year and direct how they were spent, both to purchase the types and amounts of rehabilitation and treatment services they desire (and from whom they choose) and to purchase a broad-range of individualized resources and services that are generally outside of Medicaid funding (e.g., health club memberships, yoga classes, support in taking care of bills).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Adults between 18-65 who are currently receiving Medicaid-reimbursed services in Delaware County, Pennsylvania for either a schizophrenia-spectrum, major depression, or bipolar disorder;
  2. Individuals with a cost profile within the 60-90% band of all Magellan-administered Medicaid recipients in the county (estimated service costs between $10,048 and $22,324); 3) No more than two inpatient hospitalizations of 10 days per stay, over a 2 year period prior to the study;
  1. No hospitalization within 6 months of the study; 5) Ability to understand self-directed care requirement and express interest in working with a "recovery coach."
Exclusion Criteria
  1. do not speak English;
  2. have a legal guardian;
  3. are unable to give informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Self-directed Careself-directed careIndividuals in the experimental condition will work with a specially trained certified peer specialists (CPS) who will serve as "recovery coaches" to develop an individualized recovery plan that describes their goals and desires. They will then work with the team to select both the behavioral health treatment and rehabilitation services, and the non-behavioral health materials and resources they believe are necessary to achieve their goals.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline Quality of Life to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Empowerment Scale to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Recovery Assessment Scale to follow up at 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Coping Mastery Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline TU Community Participation Questionnaire to follow up at 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline

Used to gather information about the frequency of participation in multiple domains (e.g., employment, education, spirituality, leisure/recreation, attendance at self-help groups, etc.) in the last 30 days, whether or not they did the activity enough, not enough, or too much in addition to their level of satisfaction with their level of participation in the activity.

Change from Baseline Revised Camberwell Assessment of Need Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Perceived Competence for Recovery Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Perceived Autonomy Support: The Mental Health Questionnaire to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Hopkins Symptom Checklist to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Change from Baseline Elements of a Recovery Facilitating Systems Assessment Questionnaire - Adult Version to 12 months and 24 months post-baselineBaseline, 12 months- and 24 months post-baseline
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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