The PSRT study has entered its final recruitment phase. At both study centres — the “Alte Flugschule” specialist clinic in Großrückerswalde and the Fachklinik Rusteberg in Marth — the last participants are currently being enrolled. The completion of data collection is thus coming into view.
What the final phase means
After recruitment began last year, the number of enrolled participants is now approaching the planned size. In this phase, the focus is on carefully completing the final enrolments and fully finishing the training runs already under way at both sites. For every participant, the same principle continues to apply unchanged: participation in the Personality-Oriented Self-Regulation Training is voluntary and complements standard rehabilitation without replacing it.
The fact that recruitment is entering its final stage on schedule is an important signal of the project’s robustness: the multicentre design has held up in real clinical practice, and the target sample is within reach.
Looking ahead
With the end of recruitment, the project’s focus shifts from data collection to analysis. Once the last participants have completed their follow-up, the Institute for Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics (IMEBI), as an independent institution, will take over the statistical analysis — following the pre-specified analysis plan. The final recruitment phase thus marks the transition to the study’s first robust results.