Examining the Impact of Family Connectors

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caregiver Stress Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Family Connectors

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05195489

P50MH113662 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

21-01486

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of Family Connectors, a peer-to-peer support and education program for family members who have participated in OnTrackNY, a treatment program for adolescents and young adults.

Full description

The study objectives are to examine the association between involvement in Family Connectors, a manualized peer-to-peer support and education program for family members of adolescents or young adults with symptoms of first episode psychosis, and feelings of empowerment, self-efficacy and social support.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English speaking, due to the study materials not being validated in other languages.
• 18 years of age or older,
• Family member of adolescents/young adults with first episode psychosis who participated in OnTrackNY.

Exclusion criteria

• Does not provide informed consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Active Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Family members participate in Connectors by phone and receive a packet of resources

Treatment:

Other: Family Connectors

Comparison

No Intervention group

Description:

Family members receive a pack of resources