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Real-time Experiences, Physical Activity and Biological Outcomes in Personal Recovery Residents (EMPOWER-RES)
Led by IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli · Updated on 2025-12-18
72
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
154 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The project focuses on patients with severe mental disorders (SMD) residing in Italian mental health supported accommodation (SA). Although the goal of SA is to promote personal recovery - that is, living life to the fullest of one's potential - international literature on this topic is scarce, and traditional treatments in the Italian residential system show limitations in adopting such approaches. The research hypothesis is that activating personal recovery pathways could improve the biopsychosocial outcomes of patients, caregivers, and professionals. To test this hypothesis, a non-pharmacological, non-randomized interventional trial will compare two groups: one group of individuals with SMD receiving recovery-oriented treatment, using the Mental Health Recovery Star, and another group of individuals with SMD receiving standard treatment. The Mental Health Recovery Star is a ten-pointed star-shaped tool that represents various life dimensions. Patients, together with their key professional, are expected to negotiate a score for each domain on the five-stage 'Scale of Change,' capturing and monitoring the different phases of the recovery process.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Real-time Experiences, Physical Activity and Biological Outcomes in Personal Recovery Residents (EMPOWER-RES)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of a mental disorder according to DSM-5-TR
- Receiving treatment at a supported residential program (SRP) of the recruiting centers
- Age 18 years or older
- Willing to participate
- Informal caregivers must be 18 years or older and willing to participate
- Mental health professionals must work in SRPs of recruiting centers as psychiatrist, educator, nurse, social worker, OSS, ASA, or TeRP
- Professionals in the personal recovery-oriented treatment group must have specific training
You will not qualify if you...
- Moderate or severe intellectual disability
- Inability to speak and write in Italian
- Mental health professionals unwilling to participate
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Brescia, Italy
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2
Centro Sacro Cuore di Gesù, San Colombano al Lambro (MI)
Milan, Italy
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3
Centro Sant'Ambrogio, Cernusco sul Naviglio (MI)
Milan, Italy
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Research Team
A
Alessandra Martinelli, MD PhD
CONTACT
A
Amalia Research Office Manager, Morelli
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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