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Promoting Health Self Management by People Living With Mental Illness.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Mental disorders
Co morbid physical health condition resulting from mental disorder
Public 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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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.]
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