The PROSPECT project (PROmoting Sexual health in young PEople with mental ill-health): Clinical feasibility Trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: first episode of psychosis; borderline personality disorder; depression; non-psychotic bipolar disorder; anxiety; sexual health; sexually transmitted infections; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000679785
• Lead Sponsor: Orygen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-05-11
• Last Update Posted: 29 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

•Aged between 15 and 25
•Be a young person accessing Orygen’s clinical services. The following specific criteria apply for each of the Orygen clinical services:
-for EPPIC: experiencing a first episode of psychosis (defined as experiencing at least one positive psychotic symptom on a daily basis for at least one week)
-for PACE: might be at risk of developing psychosis i.e. attenuated positive psychotic symptoms at subthreshold symptom intensity or frequency, present within the last year for at least a week, or brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms, which are full-threshold psychotic symptoms that have lasted no more than 1 week and remitted without intervention, or trait vulnerability, defined as either schizotypal personality disorder in that individual, or a first-degree relative with a psychotic disorder diagnosis.
-for HYPE : meeting 3 out of the 9 DSM-5 criteria of borderline personality disorder
-for the Mood clinic: experiencing depression, bipolar II disorder (non-psychotic bipolar disorder) and severe anxiety disorders such as anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
-for Headspace centres: experiencing mild-moderate common mental health disorders, predominantly anxiety and depression.
-For Parkville clinic: experiencing a range of mental health disorders but do not reach eligibility criteria for OSP, for example mood, anxiety, or eating disorders.

•Ability to provide informed consent, including ability to complete the ‘Evaluation to Sign an Informed Consent Document for Research’ if aged 15-17, or questions around capacity to provide consent

•Ability to communicate in English

Exclusion Criteria

A young person who is likely to experience discomfort or distress, (due to cognitive impairment, intellectual disability, mental illness or their participation in the intervention), as determined by the study PI or CI.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of a conducting a co-designed sexual health promotion intervention, established through recruitment rates (number of participants referred, number eligible, number agreeing to participate) by the end of the trial. These data will be extracted from recruitment and attendance records collected as part of participant recruitment tracking logs.[Post intervention]