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. 2019 Apr 4;2019(4):CD010880. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010880.pub2

ACTRN1261200097.

Trial name or title Peer delivered support intervention for people who hear voices: pilot randomised controlled trial
Methods Allocation: randomised by computerised sequence generation (treatment allocation made independently via email)
Blindness: blinded
Duration: 6 months
Location: not stated
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, auditory verbal hallucinations
n = 35
Age: 18–65 years
Sex: both
History: not stated
Exclusion: recent (past 8 weeks) or planned change in antipsychotic medication; currently receiving individual psychological therapy; insufficient English or intellectual functioning to meaningfully participate
Interventions Group 1: intervention: 12 weekly 1‐hour 1‐to‐1 sessions, from a peer mental health worker who has had experience of hearing voices themselves + treatment as usual
Group 2: receive the intervention after a 3‐month treatment as usual wait list period
Outcomes Primary outcome: subjective Experiences of Psychosis Scale
Secondary outcome: RAS
Starting date 2012
Contact information Neil Thomas: neilthomas@swin.edu.au
Notes Protocol, full characteristics and outcome data not reported. Contacted author for more data, but was told the trial is still ongoing.