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Study name	A research study in Bosnia and Herzegovina to test an intervention called Volunteer Support, designed to improve care for people living in the community with severe mental illness
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	ISRCTN51290984 Inclusion criteria 1. Primary diagnosis of severe mental illness (ICD‐10 F2) 2. Aged ≥ 18 years 3. Capacity to provide informed consent 4. Score ≤ 5 on the MANSA Scale 5. Illness longer than 6 months Exclusion criteria 1. Does not meet inclusion criteria 2. Primary diagnosis of substance‐use disorder, learning disability, dementia, organic psychosis 3. Diagnosis of bipolar disorder 4. Inpatient at the time of recruitment 5. Participating in another study conducted by this or another research group
Interventions	Intervention group participants have 6 or 7 1‐to‐1 meetings doing joint social activities with an unpaid volunteer over 6 months and treatment as usual Control group participants receive treatment as usual over only 6 months
Outcomes	Primary outcome measure Quality of life, measured using the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA) at baseline, 6 months (post intervention), and 12 months Secondary outcome measures 1. Symptoms, measured using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) at baseline, 6 and 12 months 2. Quality of life, measured using the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA) at baseline, 6 and 12 months 3. Objective social situation, measured using the Objective Social Outcomes Index (SIX) at baseline, 6 and 12 months 4. Service use, measured using adapted Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) at baseline, 6 and 12 months 5. Self‐esteem, measured using the Self‐Esteem Rating Scale at baseline, 6 and 12 months 6. Stigma, measured using the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory (ISMI) at baseline, 6 and 12 months
Starting date	1/8/2017
Contact information	f.vanloggerenberg@qmul.ac.uk
Notes	Planned to end 31/3/2021