Clinical Trial: Mental Health Care Provision for Adults With Intellectual Disability and a Mental Disorder

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Mental Health Care Provision for Adults With Mental Retardation and a Psychiatric Diagnosis

Brief Summary: Quality of mental health services provision for adults with intellectual disability and comorbid mental disorder is considered inadequate and therefore in need of further improvement. However, empirical findings on this topic are rather scarce. The MEMENTA-study therefore aims to compare mild and moderate intellectual disabled adults with a comorbid mental disorder to mild and moderate intellectual disabled adults who do not have a comorbid mental disorder with respect to clinical parameters. The MEMENTA-study is an observational, epidemiological, cross-sectional study. A representative sample of the target population is realised by the assessment of approximately n=600 intellectual disabled adults working at specialized facilities (sheltered workshops). A cluster sampling with probability proportional to institution and size (n of overall employed persons) will be followed by a simple random sampling of persons of these clustered facilities. A number of parameters such as severity of mental health impairment, needs for care, quality of life (QoL), caregiver burden, health services utilization, and costs for care will be assessed by using a set of well-established standardised instruments. Quality of mental health care will be assessed and examined by open questions to intellectual disabled adults with a comorbid mental disorder as well as informal caregivers and staff of caring institutions.

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Sponsor: Technische Universität Dresden

Current Primary Outcome: Mental Health status [ Time Frame: baseline ]

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Information By: Technische Universität Dresden

Dates:
Date Received: September 26, 2012
Date Started: February 2012
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Last Updated: February 10, 2015
Last Verified: February 2015