The purpose of this study is to determine wether peer support is effective for the treatment of people with severe mental illness.
A randomized controlled multi center trial is conducted, where patients receive usual care in the control group and usual care with additional peer support for 6 month in the intervention group. Psychosocial outcome criteria are collected pre intervention, after 6 month intervention and at one year follow up. Days till hospitalization and days spent in hospital are collected for one year before recruitment and one year after recruitment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
peer support is delivered by persons with a severe mental illness after the experience of recovery and after absolving a one year education to support others on their way to recovery
Change from Baseline in Self-Efficacy at 6 month
General Self-Efficacy Scale; Self report Questionnaire; 10 Items
Time frame: 1. Baseline; 6 month follow up (post intervention); twelve month follow
Change from Baseline in Quality of life at 6 and 12 month
Self report questionnaires: Modulares System zur Lebensqualität MSLQ-R
Time frame: 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow
Change from Baseline in Quality of life at 6 and 12 month
Self report questionnaires: EuroQol-Group: EQ5D
Time frame: 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow
Service satisfaction after six month of intervention
Self report questionnaire: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire CSQ 8
Time frame: After six month intervention
Change from Baseline in Illness management, Coping at 6 and 12 month
FKV-LIS Freiburger Self report questionnaire: Fragebogen zur Krankheitsverarbeitung; examining coping strategies
Time frame: 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow
Change from Baseline in Psychosocial functioning at 6 and 12 month
Clinical observation: Global assessment of functioning DSM
Time frame: 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow
Change from Baseline in Severity of illness at 6 and 12 month
Clinical observation: Clinical global impression
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Time frame: 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow
Change from Baseline in Illness management, Coping at 6 and 12 month
Self report questionnaire: Subjective sense of psychosis
Time frame: 1. Baseline; 2. Six month follow up (post intervention) 3. Twelve month follow
Hospitalization in days of in-patient care
The days of in patient care assessed from the clinical records
Time frame: one year before, until one year past intervention
Days to hospitalization
Days to hospitalization after the beginning of treatment assessed from the clinical records
Time frame: Baseline until 12 month follow up