INVEST
ACTRN12619001220156
Treatment
Not Applicable
Government body,National Health and Medical Research Council
Prof Andrew Chanen
Young people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have difficulty engaging in and maintaining employment or education, despite having the desire to do so. Despite this, no randomised controlled trial (RCT) has investigated the effectiveness of targeted vocational services in this group. This is a single-centre, 52-week, parallel arm, ‘single blind’ RCT of Individual Placement and Support (IPS), compared with Usual Vocational Services (UVS). The primary endpoint is 52 weeks. The background .... Read more
1. All genders 2. Aged 15-25, inclusive 3. 3 or more BPD criteria, as measured by SCID-5 PD 4. Desire to enter competitive employment and/or mainstream education 5. Sufficient fluency in English 6. Ability to provide informed consent and to adhere to study protocol
1. Inability to comply with informed consent procedure or study protocol 2. Participation in another trial which, in the opinion of the Investigator and/or clinical team, might confound the trial results or be too burdensome for the individual
No
Sample Size 88
Min. age 15 Years
Max. age 25 Years
Sex Both males and females
Condition category Borderline personality disorder
Condition code Mental Health
Intervention code Other interventions
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) IPS is an evidence based vocational services model for people with mental illness, with eight core principles: 1. Competitive employment/mainstream education. This principle describes the main aim of IPS. Job seekers are helped to find employment in the open labour market and students are assisted to engage with mainstream education. Vocational specialists do not help in finding sheltered employment, unpaid internships or jobs set aside for people with ment .... Read more
Control group Active
Usual Vocational Services (UVS) Orygen Youth Health currently offers a range of educational support for young people who are aged 15-18 years, the details of which are below. Employment support, and educational support for those aged 19-25, is not provided as part of UVS at Orygen Youth Health. Case managers inform young people about this type support, which can be obtained through Centrelink and/or employment agencies and case managers refer to such agencies. Travancore Education is a program o .... Read more
Outcome: IPS efficacy (vocational outcomes) as measured by number of days in mainstream/competitive education/employment. Number of days will be recorded via weekly text messages to participants (eg "Thinking about the past 7 days, not including today, on how many days did you attend work or employment for which you were paid?"). In addition, participants will be asked to estimate at each research assessment how many days have been spent in education and/or employment.Timep .... Read more
yes
Data will be available immediately following publication of the main results for an indefinite time.
IPD available after 1/1/2024 until indefinitely
Data will potentially be available to researchers from not-for profit organisations, commercial organisations or other based in any location. All data requests will be considered by the data custodian and the primary sponsor on a case-by-case basis. Requests must include a methodologically sound proposal. Specific conditions of use may apply and will be specified in a data sharing agreement (or similar) that the requester must agree to before access is granted. For further information, see Orygen data sharing policy
To any type of analyses. Assessed on a case-by-case basis.