NCT05532683

Feasibility Trial of a Lifestyle Intervention for CHR-P

Development and Feasibility of a Lifestyle Group Intervention for Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study will assess the feasibility and social validity of an adjunctive health promotion group for youth and clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P). Youth participating in treatment at the Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal Sates (CAPPS) will be invited to participate in a weekly, adjunctive, closed psychoeducation group focused on sharing health promotion strategies and increasing health behaviors (e.g. improved sleep habits, increased participation in physical activity). The aim of the group will be to provide psychoeducation on lifestyle risk and protective factors for youth at risk for psychosis (i.e. experiencing subthreshold psychosis symptoms). Topics covered will include psychoeducation, goal setting, stress management, sleep, physical activity, substance use, and nutrition. Evidence-based strategies to decrease risk factors and promote protective lifestyle factors for mental illness will be reviewed. Group leaders will utilize a motivational interviewing approach to facilitate the group. The group will complete nine weekly group sessions. The goal of our research is to 1) determine the feasibility of a novel group-based health promotion intervention, 2) assess the social validity of the group, 3) measure the effects of the intervention on stress, sleep, physical activity, substance use, and nutrition, and 4) measure preliminary effects on symptoms and functioning.

Conditions

• Prodromal Schizophrenia
• Psychosis
• Psychological Disorder
• Psychological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Health Behaviors Group	The proposed intervention will include eight modules across nine weekly group sessions targeting psychoeducation of CHR-P symptoms, goal setting, physical activity, sleep, substance use, nutrition, and evidence-based strategies for stress management. Intervention facilitators will utilize motivational interviewing (MI; Miller \& Rollnick, 2012) strategies to engage youth in goal setting to target change in health promotion behaviors. Caregivers will be invited to join at the end of each session for a 10-minute check-out where an outline of content covered and patient goals for the week will be shared.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-04
• Primary completion: 2024-06-30
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2022-09-08
• Last updated: 2024-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States