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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN98775322
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Vocational advisers in mental health teams
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0230111580
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Study hypothesis
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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.
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Severe mental illness
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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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
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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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)
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Anticipated start date
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14/06/2002
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Anticipated end date
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14/06/2004
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Status of trial
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Stopped
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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100
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Interventions
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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.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Primary endpoint would be a 20% increase in patients in employment in the intervention group.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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West Hampshire Consortium (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Not published
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Contact name
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Professor
David
Kingdon
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Address
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1st Floor, University Department
Department of Psychiatry
Royal South Hants Hospital
Brintons Terrace
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City/town
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Southampton
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Zip/Postcode
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S014 0YG
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 023 8082 5054
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Fax
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+44 023 8023 4243
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Email
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dgk@soton.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7307 2623
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.doh.gov.uk
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Date applied
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12/09/2003
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Last edited
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29/07/2008
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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12/09/2003
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