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PsYoungSupport - Web-based Support to Young Careers to Persons With Mental Illness

NCT02316158 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 241

Last updated 2014-12-12

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Summary

The overall aim with the project PsYoungSupport is to evaluate Internet and communication technology (ICT) health efforts, i.e. information, education and support for young adults (16-25 years) who are first degree relatives or represent the close social network (relative or close friend) of individuals with mental illness, with regard to the process (the quality and usefulness of the support) and the effect (on health and quality of life, situation as relative or part of close social network and consumption of other support/care) of the intervention.

The participatory design is one of the foundations of this project, and young adult participants will be consulted through out the research project. PsYoungSupport is a research program comprising three phases, Phase I is a survey of young relatives' and close friends' needs for internet based information, education and support, Phase II is the development of a website, and Phase III is an intervention based on the previous phases. The aim of phase III is to evaluate the effect of an internet based intervention containing information, education and support for young adults in families where a family member suffers from mental illness or functional disability. The participants (N=400) will be randomised to two groups with different kinds of support. The participants will be evaluated using self-questionnaires and web interviews at the following occasions: baseline at the start of the intervention, after 4 months and after 8 months. This project will have implications for persons suffering from mental illness as well as for their relatives and close friends.

Conditions

  • Mental Illness
  • Web

Interventions

OTHER

Web-based support

Comparison between the efficacy between webb-based support and informational support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vardalinstitutet The Swedish Institute for Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ingela Skärsäter, PhD · University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

  • Barbro Krevers, PhD · Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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