Journal article

The CORE study protocol: A stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to test a co-design technique to optimise psychosocial recovery outcomes for people affected by mental illness in the community mental health setting

VJ Palmer, P Chondros, D Piper, R Callander, W Weavell, K Godbee, M Potiriadis, L Richard, K Densley, H Herrman, J Furler, D Pierce, T Schuster, R Iedema, J Gunn

BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2015

Abstract

Introduction: User engagement in mental health service design is heralded as integral to health systems quality and performance, but does engagement improve health outcomes? This article describes the CORE study protocol, a novel stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (SWCRCT) to improve psychosocial recovery outcomes for people with severe mental illness. Methods: An SWCRCT with a nested process evaluation will be conducted over nearly 4 years in Victoria, Australia. 11 teams from four mental health service providers will be randomly allocated to one of three dates 9 months apart to start the intervention. The intervention, a modified version of Mental Health Experience Co-Design..

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Awarded by Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disability Donations Trust Fund


Funding Acknowledgements

The CORE study is funded by the Mental Illness Research Fund and the Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disability Donations Trust Fund (MIRE 28). The Mental Illness Research Fund aims to support collaborative research into mental illness that may lead to better treatment and recovery outcomes for Victorians with mental illness and their families and carers.