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Registration number
ACTRN12624000970549p
Ethics application status
Not yet submitted
Date submitted
25/07/2024
Date registered
9/08/2024
Date last updated
9/08/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
9/08/2024
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Delivery and evaluation of a health and wellbeing programme for young people experiencing psychosis
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Scientific title
Delivery and evaluation of the engagement of a health and wellbeing programme for young people experiencing psychosis
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Secondary ID [1]
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Psychosis (first episode/early)
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Condition category
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Mental Health
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Psychosis and personality disorders
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
A 12-week holistic health and wellbeing programme for rangatahi experiencing early psychosis. This will include a total of 24 delivery hours (12 x 2-hour weekly sessions) that include knowledge- or skill-based sessions (e.g., nutrition, living with medication) and physical activity sessions.
A physical workbook will be used to accompany the programme - this is currently in development with our design partners (Studio C) and our research team (including our lived experience team members). This workbook will provide interactive prompts for participants to reflect on their experiences of wellbeing whilst living with psychosis, and will align with the topics and sessions delivered. The nature of our co-design process means that 50% of the programme is confirmed (six sessions), with the remaining 50% to be co-designed prior to the programme. We have a core list of topics that will address: group forming (relationship building amongst the group through various activities); living with medication (information session); physical activity; (information and activity session); cooking and nutrition (information and activity session); understanding the role of spaces and places in wellbeing (information and activity session); and creative expression and identity-finding through art (activity session). Our facilitators are highly experienced in their respective areas, and include pharmacists, occupational therapists, exercise and nutrition professionals, and art therapists. We have identified potential session topics and facilitators for the remaining 50% of sessions, including nature walks, traditional Maori games (taonga takaro), but participants may also suggest additional topics and we will find facilitators for these sessions as and when they have been chosen. To address this fluid process, we have a risk management plan in place that have been developed alongside Early Intervention Services to safeguard participant wellbeing throughout the programme, which includes the continuous presence of an experienced clinical psychologist.
We have established a ‘home base’ from where the sessions will mainly be delivered - Akau Tangi recreation centre in Wellington - which contains the appropriate facilities. The programme will be delivered once, consisting of 12 sessions over the course of 14 weeks from March 2025 to June 2025 (accounting for two weeks for the Easter break). Adherence to the programme (or as we term it, ‘engagement’) is our primary variable of interest, and will be assessed via simple attendance checklists for each of the 15 participants.
For the physical activity sessions, we are not assessing level of exertion or any other self-reported or objective measures - this does not align with our mana-enhancing approach nor does it form part of our research questions. Our exercise professionals (staff from our delivery partners, Nuku Ora) will be delivering the majority physical activity sessions and will use their extensive experience to monitor safety throughout the sessions, including the appropriate Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaires. For some sessions that our participants might request, we will be sourcing these facilitators closer to the time (e.g., Maori game facilitators, Te Matau Ora), but our Nuku Ora staff will be ever-present throughout the programme. All physical activity sessions will be group sessions. To reiterate, we are not aiming to measure the effectiveness of physical activity to address any objective measures of health, but rather as a platform for social connection, engagement with the programme, and ultimately holistic self-perceived wellbeing.
In terms of the structure of the physical activity components, this is not strictly structured. In the context of our research question - we are not investigating any dose-response associated with physical activity - we are taking a flexible approach to the incorporation of physical activity within each session. Broadly, we have planned to have the first 60 minutes of each session for knowledge-based components and the second 60 minutes for physical activity, but this is likely to change on specific weekly content and is also dependent on what our participants would like - thus aligning to our participant-centred rather than prescriptive approach.
None of the activities or sessions described fall outside the scope of what is usually delivered to clients of Early Intervention Services; the purpose of this programme is to deliver in a structured, co-designed way and to purposefully investigate the effects of the programme on wellbeing.
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Intervention code [1]
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Lifestyle
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Intervention code [2]
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Behaviour
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Intervention code [3]
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Treatment: Other
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Comparator / control treatment
No control group;.
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Engagement with programme
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Assessment method [1]
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Measured via session attendance checklists.
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Timepoint [1]
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Assessed for 12 weeks post-intervention commencement
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Self-reported wellbeing
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Assessment method [1]
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Hua Oranga measure, based on Te Whare Wha
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Timepoint [1]
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At baseline and at the programme end.
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Perceived social connection
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Assessment method [2]
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Social Connectedness Scale
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At baseline and programme end.
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Health-Specific Self-Efficacy
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Health-Specific Self-Efficacy scale
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At baseline and programme end.
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Secondary outcome [4]
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Feasibility and acceptability of the programme
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Assessment method [4]
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Participant interviews, addressing the following topics:
Satisfaction
Why did you decide to join the programme? How engaging did you find the programme (e.g., were there things that motivated/deterred you from participating/attending?)
Would you attend again? Would you recommend this programme to others?
What were your favourite parts about the programme, and why?
What aspects did you dislike about the programme, and why?
If you could change anything, what would you do to make it better? Would you add or remove anything and why?
What is the most valuable thing you will take away from the programme?
Programme outcomes
How did participating in the programme make you feel? What did you experience?
Has the programme impacted any areas of your life (e.g., social connection, ongoing health behaviours?).
What have you learned from your time in the programme?
We are treating these as a composite outcome, as they all help us to answer the question: Was the programme effective in engaging participants and if not what can be done to improve this engagement?
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Timepoint [4]
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Post-programme completion (within 3 months, at a time convenient to the participant)
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Participants must be: clients of early intervention services, diagnosed with first episiode psychosis; at least 16 years old.
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Minimum age
16
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Maximum age
24
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
Participants must be not experiencing an acute psychotic episode; and expected to remain a client of EIS for the duration of the programme.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Intervention assignment
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
3/02/2025
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
3/03/2025
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
Anticipated
31/07/2025
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
15
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1]
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New Zealand
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State/province [1]
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Wellington
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Government body
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Name [1]
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New Zealand Health Research Council
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Address [1]
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Country [1]
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New Zealand
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Funding source category [2]
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Government body
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Name [2]
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Lottery Health Research Grant
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Address [2]
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Country [2]
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New Zealand
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
University of Otago
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Address
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Country
New Zealand
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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University
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Name [1]
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Victoria University Wellington
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Address [1]
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Country [1]
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New Zealand
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Not yet submitted
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Central Health and Disability Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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https://ethics.health.govt.nz/about/central-health-and-disability-ethics-committee/
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Ethics committee country [1]
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New Zealand
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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30/08/2024
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Approval date [1]
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
Rangatahi experiencing psychosis face poorer health and wellbeing outcomes as compared to the general population, due to a complex combination of poor lifestyle behaviours (e.g. physical inactivity, smoking) and antipsychotic medication side effects. A cohort study, mixed methods design will be used to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week previously co-designed health and wellbeing programme that consists of weekly interactive group sessions to engage with rangatahi whai ora and their whanau to support positive health behaviours through health knowledge and practical experience. Six sessions will be pre-determined and will address core health topics informed by our previous co-design project, with the remaining six sessions selected by participants. Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected that speaks to these variables. We hypothesise that participants experience and report improved holistic wellbeing, social connection, and self-efficacy as a result of attending the programme. Further, we expect this to be a function of engagement with the programme (i.e., attendance), with those participants who attend more sessions experiencing the larger increases in these variables. We will use the acceptability and feasibility data obtained to make adjustments to the programme to maximise engagement and programme effectiveness within future iterations.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
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Dr Matthew Jenkins
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Address
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University of Otago Wellington, 23 Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6242
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Country
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New Zealand
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Phone
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+64 221740904
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Matthew Jenkins
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Address
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University of Otago Wellington, 23 Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6242
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New Zealand
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Matthew Jenkins
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Address
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University of Otago Wellington, 23 Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6242
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
No Supporting Document Provided
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