Teaming up for heart health: new study explores Patient-Caregiver collaboration in mental illness
NCT ID NCT03689296
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how people with long-term mental disorders and their caregivers can work together to improve heart health. People with these conditions often die 20 years earlier than others, mainly from heart disease. The researchers interviewed 127 participants to understand their experiences and ideas, aiming to find better ways to reduce heart risks.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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127 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2019
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients followed in ambulatory or full hospitalization (depending study phase)
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. For all groups: * Adult person, * Person who has given his or her consent to participate in the study, with the consent of the tutor in the context of guardianship, * Fluent use of the French language, 2. For the "Users" group: \- Person with a long-term psychological disorder: Long-term illness (ALD 23), followed by outpatient or full hospitalization 3. For the "Caregivers" group: \- Adult helping a person with a long-term psychological disorder with a Long-Term Disability (ALD 23) and who has given his or her consent to be contacted for the study, 4. For the "Primary Care Professionals" group: \- Primary care professional in practice following at least one person with a long-term psychological disorder with a Long-Term Disability (ALD 23), 5. For the "Psychiatric Professionals" group - Professional currently in practice who is part of a psychiatry team or in private practice Exclusion Criteria: 1\. For all groups: * Person who is physically or psychologically unable to participate in the focus group and/or program at the time of the study * Person not affiliated to the National Health Insurance * Objection to participation by the patient or his legal representative, carers and health professionals. * Patient under guardianship * Patient who participated in Phase 1 or 2 of the study * Patient not able to attend the 6-month visit
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Dijon Bourogne
Dijon, 21000, France