TRIP: A psycho-educational programme in Hong Kong for people with schizophrenia

Chan, Sunny Ho-Wan; Lee, Siegfrid Wing-Kin; Chan, Ida Wai-Mei

Abstract

TRIP' (Transforming Relapse and Instilling Prosperity) is a ward-based illness management programme that aims to decrease treatment non-compliance and relapse rate by improving the insight and health of acute psychiatric patients with schizophrenia. Eighty-one stable male acute psychiatric patients with schizophrenia were randomized to receive the TRIP programme (n = 44) or the comparison group of traditional ward occupational therapy (WOT) programme (n = 37). Participants' insights and health were assessed by the Unawareness of Mental Disorder Scale and the Hong Kong version of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) health survey, respectively. Each group was then followed up for a 12-month period. One-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that participants in the TRIP programme had significantly better insight and health than a comparison group during post-study measurement. Participants in the TRIP programme had significantly fewer re-admissions. in the 12-month follow-up period than those who attended the WOT programme. In summary the TRIP programme, as led by an occupational therapist, was effective in improving insight, awareness of health and in having a lower re-admission rate than a traditional occupational therapy programme. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 19, 2007
• Publication Date: May 30, 2007
• Deposit Date: Oct 30, 2022
• Journal: Occupational Therapy International
• Print ISSN: 0966-7903
• Electronic ISSN: 1557-0703
• Publisher: Hindawi
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 86-98
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/oti.226
• Keywords: Occupational Therapy, General Medicine, Illness management, Acute psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Psycho-education
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10110623
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oti.226