Effectiveness of assertive community treatment versus care-as-usual for patients with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders

ISRCTN	ISRCTN11281756
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11281756
Secondary identifying numbers	NTR281; ZonMw: 100-103-016

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr J.W. Bloemers
Scientific

GGZ
P.O. Box 286
Winschoten
9670 AG
Netherlands

Study design	Randomised, active controlled, parallel group trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title
Study objectives	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(s)	Received from the local medical ethics committee
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
Primary outcome measure	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 study start date	01/09/2004
Completion date	31/08/2006

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	100
Key inclusion criteria	Mental health patients with a Health of the Nation Scales (HoNOS) total score above 14
Key exclusion criteria	Does not comply with the above inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2004
Date of final enrolment	31/08/2006

GGZ,

Winschoten
9670 AG
Netherlands

University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) (Netherlands)
Hospital/treatment centre

Department of General Practice
Hanzeplein 1
Groningen
9713 GZ
Netherlands

Research organisation

The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (Netherlands)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/08/2007		Yes	No