Interpersonal Community Psychiatric Treatment: cluster randomized trial into cost effectiveness of a structured outpatient treatment for patients with non-psychotic psychiatric disorders in long-term care

Phase 3

Conditions: difficult behaviour
10034726

Registration Number: NL-OMON41490

Lead Sponsor: IQ Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

Cluster inclusion criteria (professionals):
- have an individual caseload of >5 patients with a non-psychotic disorder
- be willing to be randomized to either the present care as usual or the experimental ICPT-condition;* Participants inclusion criteria (patients):
- age between 18-65 years (due to organizational delineations between *adults* between 18 and 65, and *elderly* over 65)
- presence of a non-psychotic psychiatric disorder
- long-term treatment (>2 years) or high care use (>1 outpatient contact per week or >2 crisis contacts per year or >1 inpatient
admission per year) in specialized mental health care

Exclusion Criteria

* Cluster exclusion criteria (professionals):
- expressed intention to leave the present service between now and 12 months;* Participants exclusion criteria (patients):
- presence of a psychotic, bipolar I or cognitive disorder
- lack of skill in understanding of, or communication in Dutch language
- IQ below 80

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Primary: quality of life (MANSA)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secundary: quality of life (EQ-5D), costs (TiC-P), therapeutic alliance (STAR),<br /><br>professional-perceived difficulty of patient<br /><br>(DDPRQ), care needs (CANSAS), social contacts (SNM), general mental health<br /><br>(HONOS), recovery outcomes (IMR) and treatment outcomes (OQ45.2). </p><br>