Integrated Supported Employment in Mainland China

September 5, 2017 updated by: TSANG Hector Wing-Hong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Integrated Supported Employment for People With Schizophrenia in Mainland China: A Randomized Controlled Trial

In this randomized controlled trial, the researchers investigated the effectiveness of integrated supported employment (ISE) as compared with individual placement and support (IPS) and traditional vocational rehabilitation (TVR) for people with schizophrenia in mainland China.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

One hundred and sixty-two participants with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to ISE (n = 54), IPS (n = 54), and or TVR (n = 54). Blinded assessments of employment status, job tenure, and psychological outcomes were conducted at admission, completion of the 3-mo program, and follow-up at 7, 11, and 15 mo.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

162

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 18 years or older;
  • Diagnosis of schizophrenia for at least 2 years
  • Being unemployed
  • Willing to give informed consent
  • Having no obvious cognitive, learning, or neurological impairment
  • Having completed primary school education
  • Having a desire to work

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having score lower than 18 on the 30-item Mini-Mental State Examination

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Integrated Supported Employment
Individual placement support intervention plus work-related social skills training
Other: Integrated Supported Employment
vocational assessment followed by job placement and on-going work-related social skills revision and reinforcement
NO_INTERVENTION: Individualised Placement Support
Individual placement support intervention with pre-vocational training followed by placing individual participants to the job according to their preference and abilities
NO_INTERVENTION: Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation
general pre-vocational training and placement

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Employment rate
Time Frame: 4 months
employment status, employed or unemployed
4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Job tenure, duration
Time Frame: completion of the 3-mo program, and follow-up at 7, 11, and 15 mo.
how long the job lasts
completion of the 3-mo program, and follow-up at 7, 11, and 15 mo.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hector WH Tsang, PhD, HKPolyu

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

February 1, 2013

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 15, 2015

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

December 20, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 24, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

September 6, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

September 6, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2017

Last Verified

September 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 201415

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

Not yet decided

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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