The goal of this study is obtaining knowledge about the effectiveness of a training that aims to decrease victimisation of dual diagnosis patients.The primairy research question is:- What is the effect of the SOS-training on the frequency of…
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Condition
- Other condition
- Psychiatric disorders NEC
- Lifestyle issues
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Health condition
verslavingsproblematiek
Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The primary study parameter is the percentage of clients that has been
victimised in the year after the start of the training. All sorts of offenses
will be questioned (violence, property crimes, vandalism).
Secondary outcome
The secondary study parameters of the study are:
- Drugs and alcohol intake (Timeline Followback method, Sobell & Sobell, 1996)
- Severity of alcohol and/or drug use disorder: Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test / Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT/DUDIT)
- Psychopathology: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
- PTSS-signs: Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS)
- Emotion Disregulation: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation (DERS)
- Cognitive functioning: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- Social functioning: Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (short form) (IIP-32)
- Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR).
- Quality of Life EuroQol (EQ-5D)
- Manchester short assessment of quality of life (MANSA)
- Self Esteem Rating Scale (SERS-SF 20)
- Kessler psychological distress scale (K10)
- Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
Other measures: Costs efficacy (Trimbos/iMTA questionnaire for Costs associated
with Psychiatric Illness (TiC-P)
Other information: moderators en mediators
Client's files will be checked on previous treatments and psychiatric
disorders, to examine if the effect of this intervention can be (partly) due to
previous treatment and to examine if co-morbid psychiatric disorders interfere
with the effect of this intervention.
Background summary
Addiction and chronic psychiatric disorders often occur together. This
vulnerable group of duall diagnosis patients has more chance of being
victimised, especially concerning severe violent victimisation. Up until now
there is only limited evidence of interventions proven to be effective for this
target group. This research is aimed to develop and investigate a training to
reduce vulnerability, to improve social skills and assertiveness and therefore
lower the chance of being victimised and improve the sense of safety.
The main hypothese of this research is:
- 'SOS-training' is an intervention that reduces the chance of being
victimised. There will be a lower frequency of victimisation and a higher sense
of safety 12 months after the training, compared to before.
Study objective
The goal of this study is obtaining knowledge about the effectiveness of a
training that aims to decrease victimisation of dual diagnosis patients.
The primairy research question is:
- What is the effect of the SOS-training on the frequency of victimisation of
dual diagnosis patients?
Study design
The design contains a randomised, open study: Participants will be assigned to
a condition randomly. The researchers as well as the participants themselves
will be informed about the condition they are assigned to.
Intervention
The SOS-training will contain 12 group meetings of 60 minutes. The goal of this
training is to improve psychological strength and to reduce vulnerability for
victimisation. The training will consist of different components. One component
will focus on counselling on what clients can do themselves to avoid or
decrease risks concerning victimisation. A second component will focus on
acquiring skills to increase personal safety and becoming more able to handle
interpersonal conflicts. We will make use of techniques like brainstorming,
group discussion, exercises and role-playing.
Study burden and risks
Burden:
Participants will have to invest time to participate in this research.
Participants in the experimental condition will invest more time for
participation. On the other hand, they will participate in an intervention of
which we assume that it improves strength and reduces vulnerability for
victimisation. A more specific overview of time investment can be found in
section E2.
Participants will be filling in questionnaires at baseline, 2, 8 and 14 months.
An overview of these questionnaires can be found in section K1 'secondary study
parameters'. Fifty participants will be filling in the Safety Monitor again one
week after the 14-months follow-up.
Risks:
There are no anticipated risks involved in participating in this research.
Meibergdreef 9
Amsterdam 1105 AZ
NL
Meibergdreef 9
Amsterdam 1105 AZ
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
- In treatment for addiction and chronic psychiatric disorders
- Aged 18 years or older
- Being capable of giving informed consent and participating in the training
Exclusion criteria
- Acute psychotic problems that interfere with participating in the training
- High score on anti-social personality traits, to prevent patients from disturbing the group training.
- High level of psychopathy (score >30 on Psychopathy Checklist)
- Legally incapable
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL46081.018.13 |
| OMON | NL-OMON24122 |