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Ensemble Programme an Early Intervention for Informal Caregivers of Psychiatric Patients

NCT04020497 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2021-08-20

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Summary

This study focuses on the difficulties of maintaining optimal psychological health and quality of life for caregivers in adult psychiatry while they play an important role in helping patients with severe psychiatric disorders. It evaluates the addition of a 5 session psychological program, named Ensemble. Half of the participants will receive their usual support and Ensemble in combination, while the other half will receive usual support only.

Conditions

  • Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Ensemble programme

Ensemble is a individualized programme to address informal caregiver's specific unmet needs, emotions and social resources, in order to offer a targeted support in five sessions.

OTHER

SAU

Informal caregivers have often to manage the situation in usual different ways. Support as usual (SAU) alone consists of an informal support by patient's clinical team. Specific psychoeducational programs depending on patient's illnes (like "Profamille" for schizophrenia) or peer-support depending to the voluntary work of families' associations. Some general professional services focused on informal caregivers or relatives in order to inform and orient them if they are avaible in the study area. No attempts have been made to standardize this treatement as SAU depend to informal caregiver's need and knowledge of the health system, also her/his capacity or possibility to be in contact with patient's clinical team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé la Source

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shyhrete Rexhaj · Institut et Haute école de la Santé, La Source

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-01
Completion
2023-04-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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