Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Alan Simpson
ORCID ID
Contact details
School Community & Health Sciences
Philpot Street
London
E1 2EA
United Kingdom
a.simpson@city.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
8516
Study information
Scientific title
A pilot randomised controlled trial to measure the effectiveness of peer support in increasing hope and quality of life in psychiatric patients discharged from hospital
Acronym
Peer Support Project
Study hypothesis
A pilot randomised controlled trial to compare effectiveness and cost effectiveness of peer support provided by Peer Support Workers (PSW) alongside usual aftercare to patients discharged from psychiatric units, with patients receiving usual aftercare alone.
Ethics approval
East London & The City REC Alpha on 26/03/2011 (REC Ref: 10/H0704/9)
Study design
Randomised interventional treatment
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Topic: Mental Health Research Network; Subtopic: All Diagnoses; Disease: Not Applicable
Intervention
Peer Support, Peer Support Workers (PSW) will provide peer support for six weeks to patients discharged from four psychiatric wards over a seven month period. Peer support will be in addition to usual aftercare, described in the control condition. Initial contact will be made while the user is an inpatient. Follow up length: 3 months, study entry : single randomisation only
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS); Timepoints: One month (T1) and three months (T2) after discharge
Secondary outcome measures
1. EuroQol, Timepoints: One month (T1) and three-months (T2) post-discharge
2. UCLA Loneliness Scale (V3) Timepoints: One month (T1) and three-months (T2) post-discharge
Overall trial start date
01/10/2010
Overall trial end date
31/05/2011
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Gender: Male & Female, age between 18 and 65 years
2. Diagnosed mental illness, approaching discharge/extended leave
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Planned Sample Size: 143; UK Sample Size: 143
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Considered a risk to others, alcohol or drug dependent/problematic substance user or primary diagnosis of substance use
2. Serious personality disorder
3. Pregnant or caring for children
Recruitment start date
01/10/2010
Recruitment end date
31/05/2011
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
School Community & Health Sciences, Philpot Street
London
E1 2EA
United Kingdom
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) (UK) (Ref: Grant Codes: PB-PG-0408-16151)
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
2014 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24495599
Publication citations
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Results
Simpson A, Flood C, Rowe J, Quigley J, Henry S, Hall C, Evans R, Sherman P, Bowers L, Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial to measure the clinical and cost effectiveness of peer support in increasing hope and quality of life in mental health patients discharged from hospital in the UK., BMC Psychiatry, 2014, 14, 30, doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-30.