A research study in Bosnia and Herzegovina to test an intervention called DIALOG+, designed to improve care for people living in the community with severe mental illness
- Conditions
- Patients with a diagnosis of severe mental illness: includes diagnoses of severe depression and anxietyMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13347129
- Lead Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
- Brief Summary
2021 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psycom.2021.100010 (added 06/01/2022) 2019 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31200671/ (added 11/08/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 86
1. Primary diagnosis of severe mental illness (ICD-10 F3 or F4)
2. Attending the outpatient clinic or day hospital at Clinical Center University of Sarajevo
3. Aged 18 years or older
4. Capacity to provide informed consent
5. Scores 5 or below on the MANSA scale
6. Illness of over 6 months
1. Does not meet inclusion criteria
2. Primary diagnosis of substance-use disorder, learning disability, dementia, organic psychosis
3. Diagnosis of bipolar disorder
4. An inpatient at the time of recruitment
5. Participating in another study conducted by this or another research group
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life, measured using the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA), collected by masked researchers using a case report form as part of a research assessment at baseline, 6 months and 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Symptoms, measured using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) at baseline, 6 and 12 months<br> 2. Objective social functioning, measured using the Objective social outcome index (SIX) at baseline, 6 and 12 months<br> 3. Service use, measured using adapted Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) at baseline, 6 and 12 months<br> 4. Therapeutic relationship in community mental health care, measured using STAR-P at baseline, 6 and 12 months<br> 5. Client satisfaction, measured using client satisfaction questionnaire (CSQ-8) at 6 and 12 months<br> 6. Symptoms, measured using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) at baseline, 6 and 12 months<br> 7. Self esteem, measured using self-esteem rating scale at baseline, 6 and 12 months<br>