Hypotheses of the study:Psycho-education coping skills training is effective in reducing the negative consequences of stigma in people with SMI, in a way thata) quality of life of people with SMI improves;b) social functioning of people with SMI…
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Brief title
Condition
- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Synonym
Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Quality of life
Secondary outcome
Care needs and social functioning
Background summary
Stigmatization is a social phenomenon in which people are approached using
attributes that are assumed to be right but are not always applicable to the
individual. Research has shown that stigmatization can have many negative
consequences in multiple domains of daily life of people with a severe mental
illness (SMI). It's therefore very important to improve the skills of these
people in coping with this phenomenon.
Main hypothesis: Psycho-education coping skills training is effective in
reducing the negative consequences of stigma in people with SMI, in a way that
quality of life of people with SMI improves.
Study objective
Hypotheses of the study:
Psycho-education coping skills training is effective in reducing the negative
consequences of stigma in people with SMI, in a way that
a) quality of life of people with SMI improves;
b) social functioning of people with SMI improves;
c) care needs of people with SMI diminish.
Study design
A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT; N=140) is executed in an open design.
Evaluation takes place by means of interviews with questionnaires, and the
Experience Sampling Method (ESM) at baseline, post-treatment (no ESM) and
follow up.
Intervention
The intervention group (N=70) participates in a psycho-education coping skills
training. The control group (N=70) participates in a newspaper reading group.
Both groups take place in 10 weekly sessions of 1-1,5 hours in groups of 8-10
participants.
Study burden and risks
Participants from both conditions each get 10 weekly sessions of 1-1,5 hours.
The measurements at baseline, post-treatment and follow up (interviews with
questionnaires) take a maximum of 3 hours each (together 9 hours). The two ESM
measurements each take a week (investment 30 minutes/day - together 7 hours).
Participation in neither the experimental nor control condition is associated
with significant risks.
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6226NB
NL
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Inclusion criteria
People with a severe mental illness and in particular psychosis of the schizophrenic or affective type. It involves patients with a non-organic psychosis (according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)) and a longterm course of disease (>2 years) and invalidating handicaps in daily functioning. In people with other diagnoses, such as a depressive disorder without psychosis; a severe anxiety disorder; or autism, treatment must not have had the desired effect and the problems in functioning have to be explicit (GAF<40).
Age 18-65.
Sufficient command of Dutch.
Participants are competent to make their own informed consent (no juridical regime restricts their autonomy) and can voluntarily participate in the study. They are able to comprehend the scope of the study, as well as risks and limitations.
Exclusion criteria
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL31794.068.10 |