Occupational Recovery After First Episode Psychosis
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Background: To improve employment prospects for people in the chronic stages of mental illness, the gold standard is a program called Individual Placement and Support (IPS). Little research on IPS has been done with clients in the early stages of mental illness. This project aims to assess the incremental effectiveness of the IPS model of employment support over treatment-as-usual in a representative sample of early-psychosis clients . Method: One hundred consenting clients from the Fraser Health Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program will be recruited and randomly assigned to receive either one year of IPS support or treatment as usual (i.e., no IPS support but no constraints on the clients to seek other employment or related support themselves). Our primary hypothesis is that the early-psychosis clients receiving the IPS intervention will obtain and maintain more paid employment compared to the TAU (treatment as usual) group. Secondary hypotheses pertain to employment success as a function of both fixed and dynamic factors and assessing the cost-effectiveness of IPS.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2015
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 22, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 23, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2020
CompletedJuly 23, 2020
March 1, 2020
5 years
May 22, 2015
July 21, 2020
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Employment attainment
Whether employed (defined as having at least worked one day at a paid job)
1 year
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Self-reported Client Service Usage
1 year
Cost related to client service usage
1 year
Number of days worked
1 year
Study Arms (2)
Individual Placement and Support
EXPERIMENTALOne year of IPS Support
Treatment as usual
NO INTERVENTIONTreatment as usual
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- be a client in the Fraser Health EPI Program,
- want to return to work,
- currently be on a stable therapeutic dose of anti-psychotic medication, and
- have mastery of the English language
You may not qualify if:
- No interest in seeking employment
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Fraser Health: Royal Columbian Hospital
New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 3W7, Canada
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
David H Erickson, PhD
Fraser North Early Psychosis Program
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 22, 2015
First Posted
October 23, 2017
Study Start
March 1, 2015
Primary Completion
March 1, 2020
Study Completion
March 1, 2020
Last Updated
July 23, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-03