Peer support for people with severe mental illness versus usual care in high-, middle- and low-income countries: study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT)

Table 1 UPSIDES-RCT process measures

Variable	Scale	Number of items	Raters	Sample size total/per site	Timing^a
Measures as part of randomised controlled trial data assessments					t₀	t₁	t₂
Experiences of peer support	Brief INSPIRE [51]	5	SU	279/47		x	x
Fidelity	UPSIDES peer support fidelity scale	32 25	SU PSW	279/47 60/10		x
Other measures^a					T₀	T₁	T₂
Motivations, competencies and relationship characteristics	Recovery-oriented peer provider work-role model and prototype measure (ROPP) [52]	29	PSW	60/10	x	x	x
Empowerment	Empowerment Scale (ES) [31]	28	PSW	60/10	x	x	x
Recovery	Stages of Recovery (STORI-30) [33]	30	PSW	60/10	x	x	x
Recovery orientation	Recovery Self-Assessment (RSA) [53]	36	Mental health workers	30/5	x		x
Recovery orientation	Recovery Self-Assessment (RSA) [53]	36	Key informants	12/2	x		x

PSW peer support worker, SU service user, t₀ baseline, t₁ 4 months, t₂ 8 months
^aMeasurement points for other measures based on the entire duration of the intervention: T₀ = baseline or earlier (at the start of the intervention); T₁ = month 12 (intermediate); T₂ = month 24 or earlier (at the end of the intervention)

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