Introduction Seminar About Patient Participation and Treatment Options for Psychiatric Patients on Waiting List

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Introduction seminar; Other: Usual care

• Registration Number: NCT00967265
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Patient participation is a central concept in Norwegian health policy. It is mandatory in hospitals and emphasised as one of the most prioritised areas by the Government. Studies from Norway have repeatedly found that patients who seek help in community mental health centres ("DPS") are dissatisfied with the information they receive and about their possibility for real influence in their treatment.

One way to improve individual patient participation might be to give patients information before they start their treatment. This can be done as group based patient education to reduce the resources needed. Furthermore, as there are waiting lists for treatment, such introduction seminars could be held while patients are waiting to use this time in a meaningful way.

The present study therefore aims at testing the effect of an introduction seminar for patients on waiting list in a community mental health centre.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06
• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-26
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-27
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2012-07
• Status Verified: 2018-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 2018-09-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 92

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients older than 18 years referred for out patient treatment who get a guarantee of starting treatment between 2 and 6 months will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with a guarantee of starting treatment in less than two months and
• patients who do not understand the consequences of taking part in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Introduction seminar	Introduction seminar	Psychoeducation for patients on waiting list
Usual care	Usual care	Usual care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Behavior and symptoms	12 months	Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32)
knowledge on treatment preference	1 month
patient activation (coping)	4 months	measured with Patient Activation Measure (PAM)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life	Baseline, 4 and 12 months	WHO-5
motivation for treatment	Baseline, 1 and 4 months	motivation for treatment (questions)
costs	Baseline, 1, 4 and 12 months	data on health care use, sick leave, medication and other direct and indirect costs will be collected
Client satisfaction	Baseline, 4 and 12 months	Satisfaction measured with Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
Perceived participation	Baseline, 4 and 12 months	Perceived participation measured with Perception of care (PoC)
Psychiatric Out-Patient Experiences	Baseline, 4 and 12 months	Psychiatric Out-Patient Experiences Questionnaire (POPEQ)
Knowledge	Baseline, 1, 4 and 12 months	measured using a self developed questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tiller DPS; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway