Implementation of Family Involvement for Persons With Psychotic Disorders.

Summary

This study will develop and evaluate a complex intervention to implement guidelines on family involvement for patients with psychotic disorders (F20-29 in International Classification of Diseases ICD-10) in community mental health centres, by using a cluster randomised design. Fifteen Norwegian outpatient units participate in the study, and each of them constitutes a single cluster, except for two collaborating clinics who are considered one cluster.

Of the fourteen clusters, half will receive implementation support and training immediately, whereas the other half will receive it one and a half year later. The study will assess both service level outcomes, by measuring fidelity scores, and selected outcomes for patients and relatives, by collecting questionnaires and data from central health registers and patient records. In addition, qualitative interviews will be performed with patients, relatives and health care personnel. The study will also include a cost-effectiveness analysis and a political economy analysis.

Conditions

• Psychotic Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Implementation support program

The IFIP intervention consists of the following elements: I. Clinical interventions 1.1 A basic level of family involvement and support 1.2 Family psychoeducation in single-family groups II. Implementation interventions 2.1 Training and guidance of health care personnel 2.2 A family coordinator 2.3 Other implementation measures

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oslo Metropolitan University

  collaborator OTHER

• University Hospital, Akershus

  collaborator OTHER

• Helse Fonna

  collaborator OTHER

• Diakonhjemmet Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Vestre Viken Hospital Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• Oslo University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Sykehuset i Vestfold HF

  collaborator OTHER

• Sykehuset Telemark

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• The Research Council of Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Helse Sor-Ost

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• University of Oslo

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Reidar Pedersen, PhD · Professor and head of department, Centre for medical ethics,University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-03-21

Primary Completion

2021-11-30

Completion

2022-05-30

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations