Skip to main content
Clinical Trials/ISRCTN94846422
ISRCTN94846422
Completed
N/A

Developing and piloting a new intervention to improve psychiatrist-patient communication about psychosis: an exploratory cluster-randomised controlled trial

Queen Mary University of London (UK)0 sites84 target enrollmentJanuary 15, 2010

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder
Sponsor
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
Enrollment
84
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 15, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Queen Mary University of London (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Psychiatrists:
  • Higher/advanced psychiatric trainees (ST4\-6\) working in outpatients or community mental health teams. Doctors in higher psychiatric training (ST4\-6\) already have basic knowledge and experience in psychiatry gained through core psychiatric training. During higher training they practice without direct supervision and aim to further develop specific competencies including communication skills. Hence, they are at the formative stage of their training, preparing to take up a consultant role in a few years time. We will focus on trainees in this pilot trial, because the effectiveness of an intervention on changing their communicative practice may be higher at this stage of their professional development.
  • 1\. ICD\-10 criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
  • 2\. Currently attending outpatients or being cared for by community mental health teams
  • 3\. Capable of giving informed consent
  • 4\. Aged 18 \- 65 years, both females and males

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Organic impairment
  • 2\. Require an interpreter

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

Similar Trials