Study Results
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
160 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-07-31
2012-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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In Hong Kong, early intervention for psychotic disorder was provided since 2001. The integrated Early Assessment Service for Young people with psychosis (EASY) provide specialized care to early psychosis patients up to age 25. Evaluation of the EASY programme using a matched historical control suggesting that early intervention is a promising approach to promote community care for patients with psychosis.
In the current service, case management for patients will terminate after two years, and the patients will make transition to general psychiatric care afterwards. It is not clear whether the provision of additional case management in the community (e.g., for another year) will significantly enhance outcome further.
The proposed study aims to investigate the effectiveness of providing community based case management for an additional year for patients with psychotic disorders by using a randomized controlled design. The study recruit patients who had completed the first 2 years of case management in the EASY programme and randomized them to receive either an additional year of case management, or to terminate case management for the next 12 months. The hypothesis is that better outcome are found in patients who had 3-year case management compared with those who had only 2 years.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Case Management (1 year)
Community Case Management
Community case management for psychosis by designated key-worker according to specified protocol
Standard Care (1 year)
Community Case Management
Community case management for psychosis by designated key-worker according to specified protocol
Interventions
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Community Case Management
Community case management for psychosis by designated key-worker according to specified protocol
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Received EASY service for 2 years following a first-episode psychosis
* Cantonese-speaking Chinese
* Ability to understand the study and to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Known history of intellectual disability
* Drug-induced psychosis
18 Years
35 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
OTHER
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
OTHER
Kwai Chung Hospital
OTHER
The University of Hong Kong
OTHER
Responsible Party
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The University of Hong Kong
Principal Investigators
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Eric YH Chen, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The University of Hong Kong
Locations
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The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, , China
Countries
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Central Contacts
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References
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Chang WC, Kwong VWY, Lau ESK, So HC, Wong CSM, Chan GHK, Jim OTT, Hui CLM, Chan SKW, Lee EHM, Chen EYH. Sustainability of treatment effect of a 3-year early intervention programme for first-episode psychosis. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Jul;211(1):37-44. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.198929. Epub 2017 Apr 6.
Other Identifiers
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CM-RCT
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id