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Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Last refreshed on:
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Main ID: |
ISRCTN78915298 |
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Date of registration:
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23/01/2004 |
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Prospective Registration:
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Public title:
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Evaluation of a carers' support programme
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Date of first enrolment:
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01/03/1996 |
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Target sample size:
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Recruitment status: |
Completed |
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URL:
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http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN78915298 |
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Study type:
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Interventional |
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Study design:
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Randomised controlled trial (Other)
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Contacts
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Affiliation:
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Name:
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George
Szmukler |
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Institute of Psychiatry
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
SE5 8AZ
London
United Kingdom |
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+44 (0)20 7703 6333 ext 2349 |
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g.szmukler@iop.kcl.ac.uk |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Carers were relatives of patients suffering from a psychotic illness - schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder or psychotic depression - under the care of the mental health services. All eligible carers in a defined catchment area of inner southeast London were identified and offered participation in the project.
Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria
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Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Schizophrenia and other psychoses
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Unspecified nonorganic psychosis
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Intervention(s)
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1. Carers' support programme of intermediate intensity and duration, comprising of 6 individual family sessions in the carers' home followed by 12 fortnightly relatives' groups.
2. 'Standard care'.
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Primary Outcome(s)
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1. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)
2. Assessment of physical status
3. Experience of Caregiving Inventory (ECI)
4. Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ)
5. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
6. Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (NoNoS)
7. Camberwell Assessment of Needs (CAN)
8. Life Skills Profile (LSP)
9. Ways of Coping (WOC)
10. The Positive and Negative Affects Scale (PANAS)
11. Provision of Social Relationships (PSR)
12. Family Environment Scale (FES)
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)
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Results
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