The Effectiveness of a Recovery Program for People With Mental Illness: A Multicenter Study

NCT ID: NCT04437186

Last Updated: 2022-10-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 48 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-01

Brief Summary

Recovery-oriented approach has been the main trend in mental health field. However, few recovery-oriented programs are available in Taiwan, and many Taiwanese people with mental illness don't understand the concepts of recovery. A program which provides recovery knowledge and assists in setting recovery goals is beneficial for Taiwanese people with mental illness. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a recovery program for people with mental illness.

Detailed Description

This is a randomized control trial. Participants will be recruited from the psychiatric rehabilitation organizations in Taiwan. They will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or control group. The recovery program has 2 phases and consists of 20 classes, 1.5 hour per class and one class per week. We will introduce concepts of recovery and personal strengths in phase 1. Then, we will help participants to set goals and implement their plans in phase 2. Participants will fill out five questionnaires during the recruitment meeting, including Stages of Recovery Scale, Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey, The Hope Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Brief Symptom Rating Scale-50. They will fill out the same questionnaires plus the course satisfaction survey in the end of phase 1 and 2. Six months later, participants will receive a follow-up interview and fill out the questionnaires again. The control group will receive a spiritual book and complete the questionnaires at the same time as the intervention group.

Conditions

Mental Illness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Recovery group

The recovery program has 2 phases and consists of 20 classes, 1.5 hour per class and one class per week. We will introduce concepts of recovery and personal strengths in phase 1. Then, we will help participants to set goals and implement their plans in phase 2. Participants will fill out all questionnaires during the recruitment meeting.They will fill out the same questionnaires plus the course satisfaction survey in the end of phase 1 and 2. Six months later, participants will receive a follow-up interview and fill out the questionnaires again.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Recovery program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The researchers designed a recovery group suited to Taiwanese with mental illness, according to content of the Pathways to Recovery (PTR): A Strengths Recovery Self-Help Workbook (Ridgway et al., 2002) and recovery-related literature (Davidson et al., 2005; Ridgway, 2001)

Control group

The control group will receive a spiritual book and complete the questionnaires at the same time as the recovery group.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Recovery program

The researchers designed a recovery group suited to Taiwanese with mental illness, according to content of the Pathways to Recovery (PTR): A Strengths Recovery Self-Help Workbook (Ridgway et al., 2002) and recovery-related literature (Davidson et al., 2005; Ridgway, 2001)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosis of mental illness
• lived in community

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Tainan City, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

B-BR-108-064

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id