| Source of record | UK Clinical Trials Gateway |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN98775322 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 12/09/2003 |
| Local reference number(s) | N0230111580 |
| Public title | Vocational advisers in mental health teams |
| Scientific title |
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| Acronym | N/A |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Severe mental illness |
| Study hypothesis | 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. |
| Design/methodology | Randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | Not provided at time of registration |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - 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 |
| Participants - 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) |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 14/06/2002 |
| Anticipated end date | 14/06/2004 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | 100 |
| Interventions | 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. |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | Primary endpoint would be a 20% increase in patients in employment in the intervention group. |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
| Sources of funding | West Hampshire Consortium |
| Sponsor name | Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK) |
| Sponsor details | The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
United Kingdom
SW1A 2NL |
| Sponsor telephone | +44 (0)20 7307 2622 |
| Sponsor fax | +44 (0)20 7307 2623 |
| Sponsor email | dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk |
| Sponsor website | http://www.doh.gov.uk |
| Contact name | Professor David Kingdon |
| Contact details | 1st Floor, University Department
Department of Psychiatry
Royal South Hants Hospital
Brintons Terrace
Southampton
United Kingdom
S014 0YG |
| Contact telephone | +44 023 8082 5054 |
| Contact fax | +44 023 8023 4243 |
| Contact email | dgk@soton.ac.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN98775322 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
