Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02968667
The Impact of a Helplessness and Recovery of an Empowerment Intervention on People Diagnosed With Schizophrenia: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effectiveness of Hopelessness and Helplessness on Recovery Rate Among People Diagnosed With Schizophrenia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 102 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
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.
Detailed 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.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Empowerment | 6 weeks of empowerment program and supported face to face discussion |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-05-01
- Completion
- 2016-05-01
- First posted
- 2016-11-18
- Last updated
- 2016-11-18
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