Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health (CORE), Mental Health Center Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Trials. 2022 Sep 2;23(1):727. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06670-6.
The number of people struggling with vulnerability to mental health difficulties is increasing worldwide, and there is a need for new interventions, to prevent more people from developing serious mental illnesses. In recent years, peer support has been suggested as a key element in creating person-centered interventions in mental health services. However, the evidence for peer support is not yet established. We aim to investigate the effect of a 10-week peer-support intervention "Paths to EvERyday life" (PEER) added to service as usual (SAU) versus SAU alone in a Danish municipality setting.
A two-armed, investigator-initiated, multi-municipal, parallel-group superiority trial to investigate the effectiveness of the PEER intervention added to SAU compared to SAU alone. A total of 284 participants will be recruited from the municipal social services in the participating municipalities and by self-referrals and randomly assigned to (1) the PEER intervention added to SAU or (2) SAU. The primary outcome is a self-assessed personal recovery (Questionnaire about the process of recovery (QPR-15)) at end of the intervention. The secondary outcomes are self-assessed empowerment (Empowerment Scale Rogers (ESR)), quality of life (The Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of life (MANSA)), and functioning (Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)).
This trial will test a new community-based peer-support intervention, and if the intervention proves to be effective, the goal is that future integration of this intervention will improve individual recovery and mental health and reduce the societal burden of individuals seeking municipal social support and/or mental health services.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04639167. Registered on Nov. 19, 2020.
全球范围内，心理健康困难脆弱人群的数量不断增加，需要新的干预措施来防止更多人患上严重的精神疾病。近年来，同伴支持被认为是在精神卫生服务中创建以患者为中心的干预措施的关键要素。然而，同伴支持的证据尚不确定。我们旨在调查在丹麦市立环境中，将为期 10 周的同伴支持干预“通往日常生活之路”（PEER）添加到常规服务（SAU）中与单独使用 SAU 相比，对服务效果的影响。
一项由调查员发起的、多市、平行组、优效性试验，旨在调查在常规服务中添加同伴支持干预与单独使用常规服务相比，对 PEER 干预的有效性。共有 284 名参与者将从参与市的市社会服务部门以及自我推荐中招募，并随机分配到（1）PEER 干预加 SAU 或（2）SAU。主要结局是干预结束时的自我评估个人康复情况（恢复过程问卷（QPR-15））。次要结局是自我评估的赋权情况（罗格斯赋权量表（ESR））、生活质量（曼彻斯特短期生活质量评估（MANSA））和功能（工作和社会调整量表（WSAS））。
该试验将测试一种新的基于社区的同伴支持干预措施，如果该干预措施被证明有效，那么未来整合该干预措施将提高个体的康复和心理健康水平，并减轻寻求市社会支持和/或精神卫生服务的个人的社会负担。
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04639167. 于 2020 年 11 月 19 日注册。
