NCT00967265

Introduction Seminar About Patient Participation and Treatment Options for Psychiatric Patients on Waiting List

Introduction Seminar About Patient Participation and Treatment Options for Patients on Waiting List in a Community Mental Health Centre - Development, Effect, Experiences and Costs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patient participation is a central concept in Norwegian health policy. It is mandatory in hospitals and emphasised as one of the most prioritised areas by the Government. Studies from Norway have repeatedly found that patients who seek help in community mental health centres ("DPS") are dissatisfied with the information they receive and about their possibility for real influence in their treatment. One way to improve individual patient participation might be to give patients information before they start their treatment. This can be done as group based patient education to reduce the resources needed. Furthermore, as there are waiting lists for treatment, such introduction seminars could be held while patients are waiting to use this time in a meaningful way. The present study therefore aims at testing the effect of an introduction seminar for patients on waiting list in a community mental health centre.

Conditions

• Mental Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Introduction seminar	The seminar will be held over two half days, each lasting 2.5 hours. Up to 30 patients can participate in each seminar. The details of the content of the program will be developed based on study one. The preliminarily plans are to give general information about the community mental health centre, the available treatment options and patients rights by presentations from health personnel and user representatives. At the end of each day, the patients will be divided into small groups mentored by health personnel were they can discuss the presentations and ask questions. In the breaks, literature and other type of information for patients will be on display. All participants will get a folder with details of the program and leaflets from patient organisations and governmental agencies.
OTHER	Usual care	Usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2009-08-27
• Last updated: 2018-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway