caa a22 4500 445848588 CHVBK 20180317145406.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-009-9193-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-009-9193-8 Economic Aspects of Peer Support Groups for Psychosis [Elektronische Daten] [A. Stant, S. Castelein, R. Bruggeman, J. van Busschbach, M. van der Gaag, H. Knegtering, D. Wiersma] Peer support groups are rarely available for patients with psychosis, despite potential clinical and economic advantages of such groups. In this study, 106 patients with psychosis were randomly allocated to minimally guided peer support in addition to care as usual (CAU), or CAU only. No relevant differences between mean total costs of both groups were found, nor were there significant differences in WHOQoL-Bref outcomes. Intervention adherence had a substantial impact on the results. It was concluded that minimally guided peer support groups for psychosis do not seem to affect overall healthcare expenses. Positive results of additional outcomes, including a significant increase in social contacts and esteem support, favour the wider implementation of such groups. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2009 Guided peer support group nationallicence Psychosis nationallicence Economic evaluation nationallicence Cost nationallicence Stant A. Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Castelein S. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Bruggeman R. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut van Busschbach J. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut van der Gaag M. Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Den Haag, and the Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Knegtering H. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Wiersma D. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/1(2011-02-01), 99-105 0010-3853 47:1<99 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9193-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9193-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stant A. Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Castelein S. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bruggeman R. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Busschbach J. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Gaag M. Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Den Haag, and the Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Knegtering H. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wiersma D. University Center of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/1(2011-02-01), 99-105 0010-3853 47:1<99 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer