MedTrace Logo

Integration of Refugees Into Public Mental Health Care

NCT04832035 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2021-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There are specific barriers to utilise psychotherapeutic services for refugees with mental health problems in the German public health care system. This study aims to evaluate additional organisational components that are hypothesised to improve service utilisation.

In a randomised controlled trial, refugees with mental health problems are identified by peers, subsequently assessed by professional staff and referred to public psychotherapeutic health services who offer standard care. Participants are assigned to care as usual or to "coordinated and peer supported mental health care"; the latter includes several additional organisational assistance components, i.e. a coordination center, trained peers to support treatment utilisation, a support and training center for therapists, and a interpreter pool. Measures include service utilisation and symptom change after 6 months. Furthermore the study evaluates whether trained peers can correctly identify participants with mental health problems.

Conditions

  • Psychiatric Disorders From Chapters 3 and 4 of ICD10

Interventions

OTHER

"coordinated and peer supported mental health care"

Health services, coordination of services, method to support utilization

BEHAVIORAL

"standard psychotherapeutic care in the public healthcare system"

Psychotherapeutic services that are financed by the public health insurance system.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vivo international e.V.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-01
Primary Completion
2023-12-31
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT04832035 on ClinicalTrials.gov