The Impact of a Helplessness and Recovery of an Empowerment Intervention on People Diagnosed With Schizophrenia: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Psychotic Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Empowerment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02968667

FakeehCMS

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial was conducted from November 2015 and May 2016 with 112 participants of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Participants aged 18 years or older with Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-V) schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder from outpatient mental health clinics in Jordan, were randomly assigned participants either to receive 6 weeks of a booklet form of intervention with face to face discussion, and treatment as usual (TAU) (intervention, n = 56), or TAU (control, n = 56). Participants were assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention (post-treatment1) and at three months follow-up. The primary outcome measure was change in helplessness score . Secondary outcomes for PDwS were psychiatric symptoms, recovery rate and quality of life.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial was conducted from November 2015 and May 2016 with 112 participants of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Participants aged 18 years or older with DSM-V schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder from outpatient mental health clinics in Jordan, were randomly assigned participants either to receive 6 weeks of a booklet form of intervention with face to face discussion, and treatment as usual [TAU] (intervention, n = 56), or TAU (control, n = 56). Participants were assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention (post-treatment1) and at three months follow-up. The primary outcome measure was change in helplessness score . Secondary outcomes for PDwS were psychiatric symptoms, recovery rate and quality of life.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult aged 16 years or more
• Able to read and write in an Arabic
• Able to consent
• Diagnosed with schizophrenia
• Volunteers

Exclusion criteria

• Learning disability
• Not able to read or write

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention group received 6 weeks of empowerment program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Empowerment

Treatment as usual

No Intervention group

Description:

Medications