How Can Rehospitalisations of Patients With Schizophrenia be Avoided? A Comparison Between Different Compliance Programs

NCT ID: NCT00514423

Last Updated: 2014-08-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

896 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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Participation in one of the three interventions psychoeducation by professionals, psychoeducation by peer-moderators, or video-education can reduce the rehospitalisation rate of patients with schizophrenia compared to a control group.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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2

Psychoeducation by peer-moderators

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducation by peer-moderators

Intervention Type OTHER

1

Psychoeducation by professionals

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducation by professonals

Intervention Type OTHER

3

Video-education

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Video-education

Intervention Type OTHER

4

Control group

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Noneducational video group (control group)

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Psychoeducation by professonals

Intervention Type OTHER

Psychoeducation by peer-moderators

Intervention Type OTHER

Video-education

Intervention Type OTHER

Noneducational video group (control group)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (ICD-10)
* Age 18 to 67 years
* Hospitalised or treated in day care clinic

Exclusion Criteria

* More than 12 months of hospitalisation within the last two years
* Substance-dependency (principal diagnosis)
* Mental retardation ICD-10 Chapter F70-79
* Fluency of German language not given
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

67 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Technical University of Munich

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Werner Kissling, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Technical University of Munich

Locations

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Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München

München, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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ISRCTN19638644

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

01GL0509

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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