Clinical trial NCT06897267: The Feasibility of the Peer-based Recovery Program
Official title: The Development and Feasibility of the Peer-based Recovery Program
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Disorder
Recovery, Psychological
Keywords: peer
recovery program
Lead sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-26
Enrollment: 69
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: Recovery-oriented services are currently the mainstream in the field of mental health around the world. Peer services are an alternative service option promoted by recovery advocates. Western countries have invested abundant resources in promoting peer services and providing training for peer support workers. However, peer services in Taiwan have just started. More resources need to be added to make mental health services catch up with the world trend so that people with mental illness in Taiwan can have more choices. Hence, this study aims to investigate the feasibility of the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version co-led by a peer.

Detailed description: The study will verify the feasibility of the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version co-led by a peer. Based on the previous interview data and related literature, a peer leader training course will be established. One to three peers will be recruited to receive the training, and colead the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version with one trained professional. The pre- and post-test as well as course questionnaire data collected from program participants will be used to establish the feasibility.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Professionals:

  1. working in the community psychiatric rehabilitation organizations
  2. being willing to co-lead the recovery program with a peer
* Peers:

  1. having a diagnosis of mental illness over 1 year
  2. living in the community
  3. being age 18 yr or older
  4. having good communication skills
  5. being willing to co-lead the recovery program with a professional
* People with mental illness

  1. having a diagnosis of mental illness over 1 year
  2. living in the community
  3. being age 18 yr or older
  4. filling out the scales independently
  5. being able to participate in a recovery group and follow the group rules

Exclusion Criteria:

* People with mental illness 1. attending another recovery-related group

Primary outcomes:
measure: Stages of Recovery Scale, SRS
timeFrame: Change from Baseline SRS score after intervention (the 10th week).
measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale, GSES
timeFrame: Change from Baseline GSES score after intervention (the 10th week).
measure: Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey, MOS-SS
timeFrame: Change from Baseline MOS-SS score after intervention (the 10th week).
measure: The Hope Scale, THS
timeFrame: Change from Baseline THS score after intervention (the 10th week).
measure: Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire, TDQ
timeFrame: Change from Baseline TDQ score after intervention (the 10th week).
measure: Social Functioning Scale, SFS
timeFrame: Change from Baseline SFS score after intervention (the 10th week).
measure: Perceived Psychiatric Stigma Scale, PPSS
timeFrame: Change from Baseline PPSS score after intervention (the 10th week).
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
measure: Course questionnaire
timeFrame: at the end of the intervention (the 10th week)
measure: Qualitative data
timeFrame: at the end of the intervention (the 10th week)
measure: Qualitative interview
timeFrame: at the 22th week
Locations:
city: Tainan City
country: Taiwan
facility: National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: National Cheng Kung University
name: Yen-Ching Chang, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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