Positive Psychotherapy Group Intervention of people with psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health - Psychosis and personality disorders; Psychosis

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000464965
• Lead Sponsor: Kwai Chung Hospital

Brief Summary

A total of 154 participants have been recruited. They were randomized to either intervention or control group. The Consort Diagram of the study was illustrated. Homogeneity was proven between intervention group and control group at the baseline on possible confounding factors, i.e. their demographic factors. Attrition rate in the intervention group was 11.5% whilst that in control group was 18.4%. Intention-to-treat analysis was adopted. Within-group analysis showed that after intervention, there was significant improvement on outcomes measured as compared to the baseline, i.e. Wellbeing (p<.0001), Hopes (p<.0001), Self-efficacy (p<.0001), Health outcomes (p<.0001), and Symptoms (p<.0001) with Cohen’s d effect size (ES) ranging from .18 to .40. When compared to control, intervention group showed better outcomes in Wellbeing (p<.0001; ES=.61), Agency Subscale of Hope (p= .03, ES=.36) and Self-efficacy (p<.0001, ES=.58).When compared to control, intervention group showed better outcomes in Wellbeing (p<.0001; ES=.61), Agency Subscale of Hope (p= .03, ES=.36) and Self-efficacy (p<.0001, ES=.58). WELLFOCUS Positive Psychotherapy was proven to be an effective treatment in improving the wellbeing and other mental health outcomes for people with psychosis. It could be implemented as one of the intervention in local mental health service to promote recovery.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2020-01-22
• Study Start: 2020-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 14 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 154

Inclusion Criteria

Aged 18-65 years old
-Primary diagnosis of psychosis (F20-29)
-Able to read written Chinese and speak Cantonese
-Willing to give written consent

Exclusion Criteria

-Cognitive impairment
-Active Substance abuse
-Unable to give consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Personal Wellbeing is measured by a Short Chinese Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, C-SWEMWBS , validated locally and published. The subjects are asked to rate their overall wellbeing on the scale. <br>Ng, S., Leung, T., Chan, F., Won, A. Lam, R., Tsang D. (2014). Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the short Warwick Edinburgh mental wee-being scale for patients with mental illness in Hong Kong, East Asian Archive of Psychiatry. 24(1), 3-9.<br>[at baseline and after intervention, usually within 2 weeks after the last session of the group. ]