Peer-led self-management programme for people
with recent-onset psychosis: a randomised controlled trial (abridged secondary publication)
WT Chien1, D Bressington2, R Gray3, SY Chan4, DI Lubman5
1 Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong SAR, China
2 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
4 Caritas Integrated Family Services, Caritas Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
5 Clinical Health School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- The peer-led self-management intervention (PLSMI), in addition to usual care, is an effective intervention for people with recent-onset psychosis. It significantly improves patients’ recovery during long-term follow-up.
- The PLSMI results in significantly greater improvements in patients’ functioning, symptoms, illness insight, re-hospitalisation rates, and service satisfaction over an 18-month follow-up period, compared with psychoeducation or usual care alone.
- Participants perceive that the PLSMI enhances their hope for recovery and social support, while improving their self-care skills and functioning in daily living.