Vocational advisers in mental health teams

ISRCTN	ISRCTN98775322
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN98775322
Protocol serial number	N0230111580
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	West Hampshire Consortium (UK)

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Individual participant data

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Not provided at time of registration

Prof David Kingdon
Scientific

1st Floor, University Department
Department of Psychiatry
Royal South Hants Hospital
Brintons Terrace
Southampton
S014 0YG
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 023 8082 5054
Email	dgk@soton.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To assess whether vocational advisers improve the occupational status of people with severe mental illness who express a desire to find work when asked by their mental health care coordinator.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Severe mental illness
Intervention	Patients will be asked at Care Programme Approach reviews if they wish to seek part-time or full-time employment. Those who do will be included in the study up to a limit of 100 patients. They will be randomised to control group (advice and training) or intervention group (direct assistance from vocational adviser) stratified by the local mental health team. The randomisation will be done from sealed envelopes kept independently from the study participants. Added 29 July 2008: the trial was stopped due to a change in objectives.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Primary endpoint would be a 20% increase in patients in employment in the intervention group.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	14/06/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)	Change in trial objectives

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	100
Key inclusion criteria	Mental health patients who are currently being seen by defined Locality Mental Health Teams (LMHTs) will be screened at Care Programme Approach review meeting and a total of 108 patients will be recruited to allow for an 80% chance of finding a difference of 20% between the groups. Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of schizophrenia, affective or severe neurotic disorder duration - at least one year 2. No regular paid employment in past year 3. Gives informed consent to participation in study
Key exclusion criteria	1. Primary diagnosis of substance abuse (but not excluding people with dual diagnoses of substance misuse and severe mental illness) 2. Primary diagnosis of organic mental illness (eg dementia)
Date of first enrolment	14/06/2002
Date of final enrolment	14/06/2004

1st Floor, University Department

Southampton
S014 0YG
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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