Peer co-led education describes educators who are expert patients, user representatives or former patients, participating and teaching in educational interventions in cooperation with health care professionals. Peer co-led education is included in the Norwegian national guidelines for treatment of mental disorders, but despite some promising results for the treatment of other conditions, still little is known about the efficacy of peer co-led educational group interventions interventions for adults with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This pilot trial will evaluate patient satisfaction with and preliminary efficacy of a 2-session peer co-led educational group program designed to address specific challenges faced by adults diagnosed with ADHD at an outpatient clinics in mid-Norway.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
56
The group-based educational program consists of two sessions that run over two consecutive weeks. Each session consists of a lecture from a recruited expert on the topic of the session and by expert patients with a following discussion of the topic facilitated by the course leader.
No educational intervention for the duration of the 10 weeks. During this period participants can receive standard treatment.
Diagnostic treatment with medication. In addition, some patients receive cognitive behavioral therapy (not systematically given to every patient). If needed, patients are also offered assistance with regard to economy, housing, education, and work as well as contact with family and network.
Tiller DPS
Trondheim, Norway
Change in client Satisfaction
Client satisfaction will be measured with Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, short form (Attkisson \& Zwick, 1982). The scale consists of 8 items scored on a Likert scale from 1 (low satisfaction) to 4 (high satisfaction). Total scores range from 8 to 32, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.
Time frame: from baseline to 2-weeks follow-up
change in patient activation
Patient activation will be measured with the Norwegian version of the Patient Activation Measure Mental Health (PAM-MH) (Green et al 2010))
Time frame: from baseline to 10-weeks follow-up
change in general self-efficacy
General Self-Efficacy Scale, 6-item scale ranging from 1 ('not at all true') to 4 ('exactly true'). Total scores range from 6 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater self-efficacy. (Romppel et al 2013)
Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up
change in ADHD-related symptoms
Hopkin's Symptom Checklist (SCL), 9-items scale with high scores on SCL-9 indicating ADHD-related symptom burden (Eich et al 2011)
Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up
change in ADHD-related symptoms
Norwegian version of the WHO Adult ADHD Self-report scale, ASRS Short Form (Kessler et al 2005)
Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up
change in Quality of Life
Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Quality of Life Scale, AAQoL short Form (Brod et al 2006)
Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up
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