Personal schema therapy for psychologist and psychiatrist trainees
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN11545304 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11545304 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | PSTPP |
- Submission date
- 08/03/2018
- Registration date
- 03/05/2018
- Last edited
- 21/08/2024
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Other
Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
In The Netherlands personal therapy is a mandatory part of the training program of psychologists and psychiatrists. The aim of this study is to find out more about the effects of personal therapy on the professional quality of life of healthy psychologists and psychiatrists who follow personal schema group therapy as part of their training program.
Who can participate?
Dutch speaking and reading psychologists and/or psychiatrists who follow the personal schema group therapy as part of their training
What does the study involve?
Participants undergo personal schema group therapy for 25-50 hours in total. Professional quality of life is measured using a questionnaire before the start of the personal group therapy, right at the end of the personal group therapy (5 months later) and 6 months after the second measurement.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
As this is an observational study there are no benefits and risks.
Where is the study run from?
G-kracht mental health care institute (Netherlands)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
August 2011 to August 2024
Who is funding the study?
Investigator initiated and funded
Who is the main contact?
M. F. van Vreeswijk
Contact information
Public
Noordeinde 27A
Delft
2611 KG
Netherlands
Study information
| Study design | Observational longitudinal study |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Observational |
| Secondary study design | Longitudinal study |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Other |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | The effects of personal schema therapy on the professional quality of life of psychologists and psychiatrist trainees |
| Study hypothesis | Participants of the schema personal therapy will have improvements in their professional quality of life and will have a reduction of maladaptive schema's and modes. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Since this study will be a patient file study of measurements which are part of Routine Outcome of personal therapy and no additional measurements or experimental interventions will be done for research purposes for this study no ethical approval is needed under the Dutch law |
| Condition | Personal schema group therapy for psychologists and psychiatrist as part of their training program |
| Intervention | Personal schema group therapy for 25-50 hours in total In the Netherlands psychologists and psychiatrist who are in training have to follow psychotherapy (=personal therapy) themselves. The idea behind it is that in personal therapy they become more aware of their own blind spots, they can work on their own pitfalls, they experience at first hand how it is to be a patient and in doing so they will become better therapists. If it is really necessary for therapists to have been in personal therapy is in debate. Some people say that personal therapy will not be helpful at all for therapists. This study aims to get more insight in what happens with the professional quality of life of therapists who have been in personal therapy. Is there a positive change in the experience of professional quality of life and do the pitfalls of the therapists decrease? |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Professional quality of life: compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, burnout, secondary trauma, vicarious traumatization and transformation, measured using the Professional quality of life questionnaire (Proqol) before the start of the personal group therapy, right at the end of the personal group therapy (5 months later) and 6 months after the second measurement |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) measures 16 schemas before the start of the personal group therapy and right at the end of the personal group therapy (5 months later) 2. Schema mode inventory (SMI) measures 14 schema modes before the start of the personal group therapy and right at the end of the personal group therapy (5 months later) |
| Overall study start date | 31/08/2011 |
| Overall study end date | 31/08/2024 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Health professional |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 200 |
| Total final enrolment | 208 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | Dutch speaking and reading psychologists and/or psychiatrists who follow the personal schema group therapy as part of their training |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Those with severe psychopathology for which psychotherapy or admission to a psychiatric hospital is necessary |
| Recruitment start date | 01/01/2012 |
| Recruitment end date | 01/08/2023 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Netherlands
Study participating centre
Amsterdam
1016 DW
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Hospital/treatment centre
Noordeinde 27A
Delft
2611 KG
Netherlands
Funders
Funder type
Other
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | 31/12/2026 |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Available on request |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Planned publication in a high impact peer reviewed journal in 2022 |
| IPD sharing plan | The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are/will be available upon request from M. F. Van Vreeswijk. For privacy reasons only the outcomes of the Proqol, YSQ, SMI will be shared and no other information. It will only be shared with researchers with a PhD and only after they have clearly and plainly stated for what reasons they want to have access to the data, how they will use the data and only when they state that they inform the contact person at any time about the process of the use of the data and allow the contact person to block further use of the data in any form at any time. |
Editorial Notes
21/08/2024: The intention to publish date was changed from 31/08/2025 to 31/12/2026.
21/08/2023: Total final enrolment added.
20/09/2022: The following changes were made to the trial record:
1. The recruitment end date was changed from 01/09/2022 to 01/08/2023.
2. The overall trial end date was changed from 31/08/2023 to 31/08/2024.
3. The intention to publish date was changed from 31/08/2024 to 31/08/2025.
13/07/2022: The following changes have been made:
1. The recruitment end date has been changed from 01/07/2022 to 01/09/2022.
2. The overall trial end date has been changed from 01/12/2022 to 31/08/2023 and the plain English summary updated accordingly.
3. The intention to publish date has been changed from 31/12/2023 to 31/08/2024.
06/09/2021: The following changes were made to the trial record:
1. The overall end date was changed from 01/07/2022 to 01/12/2022.
2. The recruitment end date was changed from 01/09/2021 to 01/07/2022.
3. The plain English summary was updated to reflect these changes.
15/10/2020: The following changes have been made:
1. The recruitment end date has been changed from 01/09/2020 to 01/09/2021.
2. The overall trial end date has been changed from 01/07/2021 to 01/07/2022 and the plain English summary has been updated to reflect this change.
3. The intention to publish date has been changed from 31/12/2022 to 31/12/2023.
