Clinical trial NCT00522613: Recovery Group Pilot
Official title: Recovery Group Pilot
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective Disorder
Keywords: recovery
serious mental illness
bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
schizoaffective disorder
Lead sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Portland State University
name: University of South Florida
First posted: 2007-08-30
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a low-cost, joint consumer/counselor-led, health education and support intervention that will foster self-care and recovery among adults with serious mental illness. Results from the study will indicate how well the workbook and the overall program were received by individuals with serious mental illness, and whether participating in the program appeared to improve recovery and functioning.

Detailed description: Recent research suggests that many individuals with serious mental illnesses may recover from these conditions and become fully integrated into their communities. Although improved medications may be most responsible for these developments, self-help groups, social support, and empowerment have been identified as important facilitators of the recovery process. Recovery-oriented, consumer-led approaches are gaining in popularity, but few of these interventions have been evaluated scientifically.

This pilot study proposes to develop and evaluate a recovery-oriented program that centers on the use of a self-help workbook. Results from the study will indicate how well the workbook and the overall program were received by individuals with serious mental illness, and whether participating in the program appeared to improve recovery and functioning.

Objectives:

1. To develop group-facilitator materials to complement the self-help workbook.
2. To conduct a randomized trial of the intervention with kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) members with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder, using a delayed control group design and 6- and 12-month post-intervention follow-up.
3. To assess participant attendance and satisfaction with the group sessions;
4. To assess whether participating in the group intervention was associated with improvements in short-term recovery and functioning.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder
* current membership in KPNW
* age 18 or over

Exclusion Criteria:

* having a guardian
* psychotic symptoms that interfere with group interactions
* dementia, mental retardation (other than mild) or other organic brain conditions that affect an individual's ability to participate in an interview, a group intervention, or complete questionnaires

Primary outcomes:
measure: To develop group-facilitator materials to complement the self-help workbook
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: To conduct a randomized trial of the intervention with KPNW members
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: To assess participant attendance and satisfaction with the group sessions
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: To assess whether participating in the group intervention was associated with improvements in short-term recovery and functioning
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Kaiser Permanente
name: Carla A. Green, PhD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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