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Observational studyCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

Effectiveness of Recovery Colleges: A Nonrandomised Clinical Trial Across Two Years Using Propensity Score Matching: Efficacité des collèges de rétablissement: essai clinique non randomisé sur deux ans utilisant l'appariement par score de propension.

Marloes M C van Wezel, Robin L A Smits, Christien Muusse, Ben F M Wijnen, Dike van de Mheen, Mike Slade, Claire Henderson, Hans Kroon

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Observational study in Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05620212 (Investigating the Meaning and), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05620212 completednot on this map

Investigating the Meaning and (Cost-)Effectiveness of Dutch Recovery Colleges

TypeobservationalSponsorTilburg UniversityRan2022 to 2025Enrolled142ConditionsSevere Mental Illness, Mental VulnerabilitiesArmsRecovery College participation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Marloes M C van WezelTranzo Scientific Centre for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8650-8053
Robin L A SmitsDepartment of Epidemiology, Data, Evaluation & Monitoring, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5744-3166
Christien MuusseDepartment of Reintegration and Community Care, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1746-1236
Ben F M WijnenDepartment of Epidemiology, Data, Evaluation & Monitoring, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7993-1905
Dike van de MheenTranzo Scientific Centre for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7918-1523
Mike SladeSchool of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7020-3434
Claire HendersonHealth Service and Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6998-5659
Hans KroonTranzo Scientific Centre for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2259-1628

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundRecovery colleges (RCs) facilitate peer-supported communities where people with lived experience of mental disruption learn collaboratively, aiming to foster empowerment and personal recovery. While existing (qualitative) research relates RC attendance to positive outcomes, high-quality multi-college quantitative studies evaluating RC effectiveness are scarce.AimsWe examine the extent to which RC attendance impacts empowerment (primary outcome) and other recovery-related outcomes.MethodIn this nonrandomised clinical trial (May 2022 to January 2025), RC partakers from four Dutch RCs were compared with controls over 2 years, in annual data collections. Linear mixed model analyses were conducted to investigate interactions between group and time. Exploratory analyses investigated distinguishing characteristics of RC partakers. This study was embedded in a larger project and was pre-registered (clinicaltrials.gov: #NCT05620212). Academic and experiential researchers collaborated in the design, recruitment, and analysis.ResultsThe sample comprised 91 RC partakers and 182 matched controls. RC partakers faced severe or persistent mental health challenges and attended RCs in multiple capacities (e.g., student and visitor/volunteer). Outcomes were mostly stable over time and did not differ between groups. Hence, no group-specific changes over time were found, as shown by interaction terms that were not statistically significant (e.g., empowerment:

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EmpowermentMental DisordersOutcome Assessment, Health CareAdultFemaleHumansMaleNetherlandsPeer GroupPropensity ScoreUniversitiesempowermentmental healthpeer supportrecoverysevere mental illness

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PMCPMC13176122

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