Secrecy
Post-intervention: 84 (1 RCT
50
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Longest follow-up: 62 (1 RCT
50
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| One RCT50 with high risk of bias (unclear direction) reported on participants’ secrecy related to mental illness. This RCT compared the effectiveness of HOP program to treatment as usual among adolescent psychiatric patients, who were mostly were female (69.3%), born in Germany (94.8%) and were around 22 months since the first psychiatric diagnosis. The outcome was assessed by the stigma-coping and orientation subscale of the Link’s Stigma Scales.55 Higher mean scores (range 1 to 6) indicate more secrecy.50 The trial showed that peer support may be favoured compared to treatment as usual on lowering the participants’ secrecy related to mental illness at post-treatment, and at 6 weeks follow-up. At post-intervention and at 6-week follow-up, the mean between-group differences of change from baseline were –0.44(95% CI –0.79 to –0.08), and –0.78 (–1.16 to –0.40) respectively. |
Very low
due to serious concerns for risk of bias, concerns for inconsistency, serious concerns for indirectness and imprecision.a
| HOP may be favoured vs. TAU with respects to attitudes to disclosure post-intervention, but the evidence is very uncertain. HOP may be favoured vs. TAU with respects to attitudes to disclosure at longest follow-up but the evidence is very uncertain. |