NCT01566513

Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Peer Mentors in Reducing Hospital Use

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 285 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The current study, through a randomized controlled design, will evaluate the effectiveness of peer support, as compared to usual care and to an equivalent amount of support offered by peer case managers and non-peer recovery mentors, in reducing hospital days and readmissions and in promoting recovery and community inclusion among adults with mental illnesses with histories of multiple hospitalizations. The current study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of adding peer support to the array of services available to persons with serious mental illnesses who have histories of multiple hospitalizations and will test a theoretical model of the active ingredients of peer support, focusing specifically on the roles of 1) instillation of hope through positive self-disclosure; 2) role modeling of self-care and exploring new ways of using experiential knowledge; and 3) a trusting relationship characterized by acceptance, understanding, and empathy with conditional regard.

Conditions

• Serious Mental Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Community Connector	The participant randomized into this arm of the study is invited to work with a person trained as a community connector, someone who is trained in Intentional Peer Support but does not have a lived experience of mental illness.
BEHAVIORAL	Peer Recovery Mentor	A participant randomized into this arm of the study is offered the chance to work with a Peer Recovery Mentor, who is trained in Intentional Peer Support.
BEHAVIORAL	Peer Case Manager	A participant randomized into this arm of the study is offered the chance to work with a Peer Recovery Mentor, who is trained in Intentional Peer Support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-11-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2012-03-29
• Last updated: 2015-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States