Promoting Health Self Management by People Living With Mental Illness.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Mental disordersCo morbid physical health condition resulting from mental disorderPublic Health - Health promotion/education
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612001231831
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Western Australia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
ICD 10 Mental Health diagnosis
18-65 Ye4ars of Age
At risk of or have developed a chronic co morbid physical health condition
Able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Organic brain disorders (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease), acquired brain injury, under guardianship
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary Outcome 1 The aim is to investigate whether Metabolic Screening results for the intervention group will be significantly lower than the same results for the control group. Screening for the Metabolic Syndrome comprises four measures: Blood pressure, waist circumference, fasting blood glucose and blood lipids. This screening will take place at the participating health services or by GPs and will be part of the care participants routinely receive.<br>Participants will sign a release of information form allowing the research team to contact medical care provides for this information.[Time point: Base line (the same) and at 2 years];Primary Outcome 2: The intervention groupwill be more satisfied with their chronic condition care than the control group as measured by the Patient Assessment of Chronic Care Survey.[Time point: At 2 years.];Primary Outcome 3: Increased self- management capacity (Partners in Health Scale and Problems and Goals Activity)_[Time point: Base line and at 2 years]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary Outcome1 Quality of Life as measured by MOS SF-8. The Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form 8 (MOS-SF8) Is an 8-item self report quality of life scale[Time point Baseline and 2 years.]