First year, investigators used the pilot study to test the needs tailored recovery program feasibility, acceptability and preliminary usefulness of the needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program. In the second year, based on the findings of the pilot study, a cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program in two psychiatric centers in northern Taiwan. The treatment group receive the needs-tailored nurse-led recovery program by their home-care nurses over 6 months. The control group receive the usual community psychiatric care only. Data were collected before the intervention, after the intervention, and at a follow-up session three months after the end of the intervention period. The outcomes were recovery, needs, hope, empowerment, psychotic symptoms, and medication adherence. The investigators used repeated measures ANOVA tests to examine the effect of the group × time interaction.
