Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
NTR281; ZonMw: 100-103-016
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Assertive community treatment (ACT) will, compared to care-as-usual, result in less admission days and more sustained contact with mental health. Moreover, life skills will be more improved possibly resulting in a higher quality of life.
Ethics approval
Received from the local medical ethics committee
Study design
Randomised, active controlled, parallel group trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Psychiatric, mental disorders/illness
Intervention
Assertive community treatment (ACT): in ACT the case load is a shared responsibility for the whole team. ACT is further characterised by:
1. A low staff-to-patient ratio (1 - 10 maximum)
2. In vivo treatment at home of the patient
3. The inclusion of a wide range of disciplines in the ACT team, including client participation
Fidelity is measured by 28 items.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Admissions/admission days
2. Care consumption
3. Sustained contact with mental health
4. Life skills
Secondary outcome measures
1. Psychiatric symptoms
2. Quality of life
3. Satisfaction with care
4. Family burden
Overall trial start date
01/09/2004
Overall trial end date
31/08/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Mental health patients with a Health of the Nation Scales (HoNOS) total score above 14
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
100
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not comply with the above inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/09/2004
Recruitment end date
31/08/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
GGZ,
Winschoten
9670 AG
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Organisation
University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) (Netherlands)
Sponsor details
Department of General Practice
Hanzeplein 1
Groningen
9713 GZ
Netherlands
+31 (0)50 361 6161
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (Netherlands)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2007 results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650271
Publication citations
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Results
Sytema S, Wunderink L, Bloemers W, Roorda L, Wiersma D, Assertive community treatment in the Netherlands: a randomized controlled trial., Acta Psychiatr Scand, 2007, 116, 2, 105-112, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01021.x.