Introduction Seminar About Patient Participation and Treatment Options Decisional Preferences

Summary

Patient participation (PP) in Hospital is a goal defined by the Norwegian Health Authorities and it is a mandatory activity for District Psychiatric out-patient Centres (DPC) in Norway: patients are entitled to have influence on their treatment and should receive sufficient information directed at empowerment. Nevertheless, studies from Norway have found that patients who seek help are dissatisfied with the information they receive and doubt their possibility for real influence on their treatment. One way to improve individual PP might be to give patients sufficient information and education before they start their treatment in the form of an educational group intervention, an introduction seminar (IS); this group intervention is less time and resource consuming than individual interventions.

Aims: The main purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate an IS for patients on a waiting list of DPC. The seminar will educate patients, so they can actively participate in their own treatment and, thereby, choosing treatment, reducing the risk of dropping out of treatment. Another aim is to enable patients to participate in their own treatment, to cope with their problems while they are waiting for treatment by providing them contact with primary health care and user organizations during their waiting time, and to increase adherence.

Methods: The project involves three components: an exploratory study of educational content of the seminar; RCT of that 4-hours program (to examine its effect on treatment preferences and choices, activation, satisfaction, mental health and cost-benefit) and then a post-seminar qualitative evaluation, which will be used to create a broad yet deep understanding of the practical side of the participants'experience and the seminar's effect.

Conditions

• Mental Health Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

A psychoeducational group intervention.

The intervention is an introduction seminar. It will be held over FOUR hours. Up to 15 patients can participate in each seminar. The content of the was developed based on study 1. The presentation about available treatment options and patient's rights are made by multi professional health personnel and user representatives. More specifically, this will be done under the following topics: 1. What is mental health? 2. Treatment options: orientation about individual and group based treatment modalities. 3. Former patients experience with their own treatment, self-help and participation. 4. How to influence and participate actively in the treatment and patient rights. 5. What can I do while I wait for treatment and where can I otherwise do to avoid aggravation?

Sponsors & Collaborators

• St. Olavs Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Olav Linaker, md phd · National Taiwan Normal University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-05-31

Primary Completion

2015-06-30

Completion

2015-06-30

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations