Improving quality of life and health outcomes of patients with psychosis through a new structured intervention for expanding social networks: SCENE (Work Package 5)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Psychosis; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15815862
• Lead Sponsor: East London NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34903539/ (added 15/12/2021) 2023 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-023-00438-1 (added 15/03/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 16 October 2023
• Study Completion: 2023-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 577

Inclusion Criteria

PATIENTS:
1. 18-65 years old
2. Diagnosis of psychosis-related condition (ICD-10 F20-29)
3. Capacity to provide informed consent
4. Ability to communicate in English
5. Limited social network size (three or less social contacts with non-first degree relatives in the previous week)
6. Low quality of life (Score 5 or less on MANSA quality of life assessment)

CLINICIANS:
1. Mental health professional with experience of providing mental health care (e.g. psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists), minimum NHS Band 4 or equivalent experience
2. Aged 18 and over
3. Capacity to provide informed consent
4. Ability to communicate in English

Exclusion Criteria

PATIENTS:
1. Primary problem of current drug addiction
2. No capacity to provide written informed consent
3. An inpatient on a psychiatric ward at the time of recruitment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome will be the subjective quality of life, measured on the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA) at the end of the intervention (6 months after recruitment). Timepoint(s): 6 months (primary outcome), 12 months and 18 months follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessed at 6 months, 12 months and 18 months <br>1. Psychopathological symptoms Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale<br>2. Social situation (SIX)<br>3. Feeling of loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale)<br>4. Time spent in social activities (Time Use Survey)<br>5. Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L)<br>6. Service use (Client Service Receipt Inventory)