A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of a Health Champion Intervention

King's College London

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder; Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder

Treatments: Other: Health Champions intervention; Other: Control group-treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04124744

270290

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a pilot RCT to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation challenges of an intervention using volunteer 'Health Champions' matched with service users to support service their physical health goals.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Older than 18 years old with a serious mental illness (Mood [affective] disorders [F30-F39], Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders [F20-F29]).
• Currently with a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
• Want to make changes to their physical health.
• Has capacity to give written informed consent to take part in the project.
• Able to provide a named Care Coordinator or Point of Contact reachable in the event of a health crisis.

Exclusion criteria

• • Under 18 years of age

  • Unable to give informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Will receive the Health Champion intervention

Treatment:

Other: Health Champions intervention

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual

Treatment:

Other: Control group-treatment as usual