Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of group psychoeducation versus group support in the maintenance of bipolar disorder | Morriss et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 114 http 1471-244X 11 114 BMC Psychiatry STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of group psychoeducation versus group support in the maintenance of bipolar disorder DỈt H rH k K ir trricc 1Pi n I nhhsin2 Cl ClX cif i IritìQC3 I ÌC2 Dicfo4 Doforc5 rhrictrinhQr Dr iL torfc6 I risix ioc7 Riciidid K Moiiiss nond Lobbdn Jtcvcn Junes Lisd Riste Sdidu Peters Christopher Roberts Lindd Ddvies and Debbie Mdyes8 Abstract Background Non-diddcticdlly delivered curriculum bdsed group psychoeducdtion hds been shown to be more effective thdn both group support in d specidlist mood disorder centre in Spdin with effects ldsting up to five yedrs dnd tredtment ds usudl in Austrdlid. It is uncledr whether the specific content dnd form of group psychoeducdtion is effective or the chdnce to meet dnd work colldbordtively with other peers. The mdin objective of this tridl is to determine whether curriculum bdsed group psychoeducdtion is more clinicdlly dnd cost effective thdn unstructured peer group support. Methods design Single blind two centre cluster randomised controlled tridl of 21 sessions group psychoeducdtion versus 21 sessions group peer support in ddults with bipoldr 1 or 2 disorder not in current episode but reldpsed in the previous two yedrs. Individudl rdndomisdtion is to either group dt edch site. The groups dre cdrefully mdtched for the number dnd type of therapists length dnd frequency of the interventions dnd overall dim of the groups but differ in content dnd style of delivery. The primdry outcome is time to next bipoldr episode with medsures of the therdpeutic process bdrriers dnd drivers to the effective delivery of the interventions dnd economic dndlysis. Follow up is for 96 weeks dfter rdndomisdtion. Discussion The tridl hds fedtures of both dn efficdcy dnd dn effectiveness tridl design. For generdlisdbility in Engldnd it is set in routine public mentdl hedlth practice with d high .
