Can a simple health chat cut heart risk in locked psychiatric wards?
NCT ID NCT07157813
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a nurse-led health program for adults in a secure forensic psychiatric clinic. Fifty participants will either get usual care or also take part in two personalized health coaching sessions. The goal is to see if the program is practical and acceptable, and whether it might improve lifestyle habits and metabolic health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Structured Health Dialogue (SHD) – a nurse-led program combining health screening, personalized risk feedback, and motivational interviewing to support lifestyle changes.
- What this could lead to
- If this approach works, it could point toward a practical way to reduce heart disease risk in forensic psychiatric patients, who often have poor metabolic health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 50 participants at one clinic. It is not designed to prove the intervention works, only whether a larger trial is possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 64 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18-64 years * Hospitalized at the forensic psychiatric clinic in Växjö, Sweden. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe language barriers. * Severe cognitive impairment * Acute psychiatric states (e.g., suicidality or acute psychosis) * Aggression hindering safe participation
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Regional Forensic Psychiatric Clinic, Växjö
Vaxjo, Kronoberg County, Sweden
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