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The Impact of a Helplessness and Recovery of an Empowerment Intervention on People Diagnosed With Schizophrenia: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT02968667 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2016-11-18

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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.

Conditions

  • Psychotic Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Empowerment

6 weeks of empowerment program and supported face to face discussion

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

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