The Outcomes Among Persons With Schizophrenia Under the Peer-support Service in Vocational Rehabilitation Program

NCT04767204 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: VHYL-107-11
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

There are few programs related to vocational peer support services in persons with psychiatric disability in Taiwan. This study aims to develop a peer co-lead services in the community rehabilitation center and evaluate the outcomes among service users with schizophrenia under the integrated peer-support services in a supported employment program.

Conditions

Schizophrenia

Keywords

Peer support; Vocational rehabilitation; Social function

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Change of Social Support Scale

  SSS. Social supports from family or relatives, professionals or staffs and peers or friends. Ranges from 45 to 225. Higher score means better support.

  Changes from Baseline Social Support Scale at 4 months

• Change of Chinese Health Questionnaire-12

  CHQ-12. Positive and Negative Mental health. Ranges from 0 to 12. Lower score means better health.

  Change from Baseline Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 at 4 months

• Change of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-18

  BPRS-18. Mood, Psychotic and General symptoms. Ranges from 18 to 126. Higher score means worse psychiatric symptom.

  Change from Baseline Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-18 at 4 months

• Change of Global Assessment of Function

  GAF. Globally social and occupational function under the influences by the mental illness. Ranges from 1 to 100. Higher score means better function.

  Change from Baseline Global Assessment of Function at 4 months

• Change of Chinese version of the Social Functioning Scale

  C-SFS. Self-reported social function for the persons with schizophrenia. Ranges from 0 to 100. Higher score means better function

  Change from Baseline Chinese version of the Social Functioning Scale at 4 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change of weekly wedges

  Change from Baseline weekly wedges at 4 months

• Change of weekly working hours

  Change from Baseline weekly working hours at 4 months

Study Arms (1)

Peer support service

EXPERIMENTAL

Peer support workers co-lead and assist workplace problem-solving and care skills training in an extended vocational rehabilitation program

Behavioral: peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation service

Interventions

peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation service BEHAVIORAL

The services provided by the trained peers in the work training or problem-solving group, which integrates into a supported employment services

Also known as: vocational peer support service

Peer support service

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Clinical diagnoses of schizophrenia
• Living in half-way houses or community home
• Under the services of sheltered or supported employment
• The reading ability of graduated elementary school at least

You may not qualify if:

• Acute psychosis
• Severe physical illness
• Legally incompetence to make major decision

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yu-Li Hospital: lead
• Workforce Development Agency of Minister of Labor, Taiwan: collaborator
• Tzu-Chi University, Department of Public Health: collaborator
• Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Department of Psychiatry: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch

Yuli, Haulein County, 981, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Lloyd-Evans B, Mayo-Wilson E, Harrison B, Istead H, Brown E, Pilling S, Johnson S, Kendall T. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 14;14:39. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-39.

  PMID: 24528545 BACKGROUND

• Yam KKN, Lo WTL, Chiu RLP, Lau BSY, Lau CKS, Wu JKY, Wan SM. A pilot training program for people in recovery of mental illness as vocational peer support workers in Hong Kong - Job Buddies Training Program (JBTP): A preliminary finding. Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Jun;35:132-140. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2016.10.002. Epub 2016 Oct 24.

  PMID: 27884479 BACKGROUND

• Kern RS, Zarate R, Glynn SM, Turner LR, Smith KM, Mitchell SS, Becker DR, Drake RE, Kopelowicz A, Tovey W, Liberman RP. A demonstration project involving peers as providers of evidence-based, supported employment services. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2013 Jun;36(2):99-107. doi: 10.1037/h0094987.

  PMID: 23750760 BACKGROUND

• Cheng KY, Yen CF. The social support, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and functioning of persons with schizophrenia participating in peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation: a pilot study in Taiwan. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 May 25;21(1):268. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03277-0.

  PMID: 34034693 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Social Adjustment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Mental Disorders; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2021
• First Posted: February 23, 2021
• Study Start: April 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: September 28, 2018
• Study Completion: December 30, 2019
• Last Updated: February 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)