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Promoting Adherence to Treatment in Schizophrenia

17. maj 2010 opdateret af: University of California, Los Angeles
The project evaluates a culturally adapted, family-based intervention designed to promote treatment adherence among Mexican-Americans with schizophrenia using a randomized, controlled design in a public mental health setting. Mexican-American patients with schizophrenia and their families were randomly assigned to either: 1) one year of multi- family groups that emphasize the importance of attitudes towards adherence, subjective norms, and self-perceived and actual adherence skills in maintaining adherence, added to ongoing customary outpatient care; 2) standard multi-family groups without an emphasis on medication adherence, added to customary outpatient care; or 3) customary outpatient care only (monthly pharmacotherapy sessions and additional services as clinically needed). The study hypotheses are that subjects assigned to the adapted multi-family group would have better medication adherence, less psychiatric symptoms and fewer psychiatric hospitalizations throughout the course of the study (one year of treatment and one year of follow up) compared to the comparison conditions.

Studieoversigt

Detaljeret beskrivelse

As above

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

174

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

    • California
      • Granada Hills, California, Forenede Stater, 91344
        • San Fernando Mental Health Center

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år til 50 år (Voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder;
  • Between 18 and 50 years of age;
  • Of Mexican origin and speaks Spanish fluently;
  • Was without antipsychotic medication without medical authorization for one continuous week in the month prior to hospitalization;
  • Was living with his/her family of origin immediately preceding the inpatient stay and would return to live with his/her family after discharge; and
  • The patient and at least one family member were willing to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient on conservatorship or legal guardian status

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Ingen indgriben: behandling som sædvanlig
Eksperimentel: multifamily group-adherence
multifamily group treatment with a focus on improving adherence to antipsychotic medication
multifamily groups held twice a month for one year focused on improving medication adherence using techniques derived from the Theory of Planned Behavior
Aktiv komparator: multifamily group-standard
multifamily group focused on problems identified by group participants
multifamily groups held twice a month focused on general problem solving method

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Number of Participants who are Hospitalized in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
Tidsramme: two years
Psychiatric hospitalization will be monitored through the use of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Management Information System. This allows for the data capture of all participants who are hospitalized in an inpatient unit anywhere in Los Angeles County throughout the two-yaer course of the study. Although the primary outcome variable is whether or not a participant has been hospitalized within a given assessment period, the number of hospitalizations and the number of days hospitalized across all assessment periods will be assessed, as well.
two years

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Number of participants who are at least 80% adherent to their antipsychotic medication regimens during a particular assessment period
Tidsramme: two years
Multi-modal method of assessing medication adherence including pill count, pharmacy records and interviews of patient, key relative and treating psychiatrist. Using the Treatment Compliance Interview, participants will be rated as either non-adherent (less than 50% adherence), partially adherent (50%-79% adherent) or fully adherent (80% or greater).
two years

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Alex J Kopelowicz, MD, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Publikationer og nyttige links

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Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. april 2003

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. september 2007

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. oktober 2008

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

17. maj 2010

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

17. maj 2010

Først opslået (Skøn)

18. maj 2010

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

18. maj 2010

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

17. maj 2010

Sidst verificeret

1. maj 2010

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 5R01MH064542-05 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)

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Kliniske forsøg med multifamily group-adherence

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