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Peer Support Experience for Patients Discharged From Acute Psychiatric Care

NCT03404882 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 182

Last updated 2021-04-14

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Summary

The aim of the project is to conduct a four arm randomized controlled pilot trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative peer support program that incorporates leadership training, mentorship, recognition, reward systems and supportive/reminder text messaging for patients discharged from acute (hospital) care. Methods and analysis: This is a prospective, rater-blinded, four arm randomized controlled trial. 180 patients discharged from acute psychiatric care in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada will be randomized to one of four conditions: treatment as usual follow-up care, enrollment in usual follow-up care plus daily supportive/reminder text messages, enrollment in a peer support system plus daily supportive/reminder text messages or enrollment in a peer support system without daily supportive text messages. Patients in each group will complete evaluation measures (e.g., recovery, general symptomatology, functional outcomes) at baseline, six and twelve weeks \& six and 12 months. Service utilization data and data regarding the experience of the peer support workers will also be collected. Data will be analyzed with descriptive statistics, repeated measures, and correlational analyses. We hypothesize that patients enrolled in the peer support system plus daily supportive/reminder text messages condition will achieve superior outcomes in comparison to other groups. Peer support worker experience will be derived from exploratory data analysis.

Conditions

  • Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Schizophrenia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Supportive/reminder text messaging plus peer support

Regular supportive/reminder text message will be delivered to patients who will also receive face to face and interactive text message support from peer support workers

BEHAVIORAL

Supportive/reminder text messaging

Regular supportive/reminder text message will be delivered to patients who will NOT receive any face to face or interactive text message support from peer support workers

BEHAVIORAL

Peer support only

face to face support from peer support workers but no interactive or daily supportive/reminder text messages

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alberta Health services

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-01
Primary Completion
2020-11-01
Completion
2020-11-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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