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The Potential Efficacy of the Chinese Health Improvement Profile- A Pilot Clustered Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT02453217 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2019-02-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators programme of research will evaluate an existing physical health care screening intervention with the aim of helping Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPN) to improve the physical health wellbeing of people with a SMI.

This pilot clustered randomised controlled trial aims to establish the potential efficacy and acceptability of the Chinese Health Improvement Profile (CHIP) in improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness.

Conditions

  • Severe Mental Illness
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Bipolar Affective Disorder
  • Cardiovascular Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Chinese CHIP

The CHIP physical health screening tool will be used by community psychiatric nurses in the treatment group to assess patients' physical health risk and identify problematic lifestyle behaviours. The findings from the assessment will be used to devise an individualized care plan with patients. This treatment plan may involve community psychiatric nurses collaborated with psychiatrists, drawing patients attention to indicators of physical health risk by using a traffic light system The community nurses will use motivational interviewing approaches to make patients be aware of their physical health risks and enhance their motivation to adopt healthier behaviours.

OTHER

Treatment as usual

The routine community mental health care provided by the community psychiatric nursing service and outpatient clinic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Castle Peak Hospital

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Wai-Tong Chien

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel T Bressington, PhD · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  • Wai Tong Chien, PhD · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2019-01-31

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