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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR281
Date of registration: 09/09/2005
Primary sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Rob Giel Research Center (RGOc)
Public title: Effentiveness of Assertive Community Treatment versus Care-as-usual for patients with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders.
Scientific title: Effentiveness of Assertive Community Treatment versus Care-as-usual for patients with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders. - N/A
Date of first enrolment: 1/9/2004
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=281
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: J.W.  Bloemers
Address:  GGZ, P.O. Box 286, Mr. D.U. Stikkerlaan 1, 9670 AG Winschoten The Netherlands
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation: 
Name: S.  Sytema
Address:  University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Rob Giel Research Center (RGOc), P.O. Box 30001, Hanzeplein 1 9700 RB Groningen The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)50 3614678
Email: s.sytema@med.umcg.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Mental health patients with a Health of the Nation Scales (HoNOS) total score above 14.
Exclusion criteria: N/A

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Mental illness

Intervention(s)
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT).

In ACT the caseload is a shared responsibility for the whole team;

ACT is further characterized by: a low staff-to-patient ratio (1-10 maximally);

in vivo treatment at home of the patient; the inclusion of a wide range of disciplines in the ACT team, including client participation. Fidelity is measured by 28 items.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Admissions/admission days;

2. Care consumption;

3. Sustained contact with mental health;

4. Life skills.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Psychiatric Symptoms;

2. Quality of Life;

3. Satisfaction with care;

4. Family burden.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN11281756
ZonMW project number: 100-103-016
Source(s) of Monetary Support
ZON-MW, The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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