How Can Rehospitalisations of Patients With Schizophrenia be Avoided? A Comparison Between Different Compliance Programs

Technical University of Munich

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective Disorder

Treatments: Other: Psychoeducation by professonals; Other: Noneducational video group (control group); Other: Psychoeducation by peer-moderators; Other: Video-education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00514423

ISRCTN19638644

01GL0509

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participation in one of the three interventions psychoeducation by professionals, psychoeducation by peer-moderators, or video-education can reduce the rehospitalisation rate of patients with schizophrenia compared to a control group.

Enrollment: 896 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (ICD-10)
• Age 18 to 67 years
• Hospitalised or treated in day care clinic

Exclusion criteria

• More than 12 months of hospitalisation within the last two years
• Substance-dependency (principal diagnosis)
• Mental retardation ICD-10 Chapter F70-79
• Fluency of German language not given

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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896 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

2

Experimental group

Description:

Psychoeducation by peer-moderators

Treatment:

Other: Psychoeducation by peer-moderators

1

Experimental group

Description:

Psychoeducation by professionals

Treatment:

Other: Psychoeducation by professonals

3

Experimental group

Description:

Video-education

Treatment:

Other: Video-education

4

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control group

Treatment:

Other: Noneducational video group (control group)