EFFIP (E-support for Families and Friends of Individuals affected by Psychosis): a randomised controlled trial of a co-produced online intervention for carers

St George’s, University of London0 sites464 target enrollmentMarch 2, 2018

Overview

2019 Other publications in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31389333 intervention development (added 09/08/2019) 2020 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32183772 protocol (added 19/03/2020) 2022 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35107439/ results of an interview study assessing the acceptability of the intervention and carer experiences (added 03/02/2022) 2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(22)00031-0 (added 27/10/2022)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

March 2, 2018

End Date

December 31, 2020

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•The online intervention COPe\-support is designed for carers supporting a loved one affected by psychosis. Carers include family members with a biological or non\-biological relationship (e.g. parents, siblings, spouses, and other relatives) or a close friend supporting a loved one affected by psychosis. Only one carer per psychosis patient will be included in the study. Specific inclusion criteria include carers who are:
•1\. Adult aged 18 or over
•2\. Those who have at least weekly contacts with the cared\-for person, although these contacts could be in a variety of formats, e.g. face to face, phone calls, emails, or social media such as facebook, twitter, text messages
•3\. Living in England during the study period
•4\. Able to communicate in English in usual online communications
•5\. Have regular access to the internet

•Regrettably, carers with the following characteristics cannot be accepted into the RCT:
•1\. Those aged below 18
•2\. Those who cannot communicate in English
•3\. Those not able to access and use online communications
•4\. Those who cares for a loved one affected by psychosis but another relative/close friend who also shares a caring role for the same individual has already participated in the study (to avoid a clustering effect)