Effectiveness of a Mobile Texting Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bipolar Disorder; Schizoaffective Disorder; Schizophrenia; Major Depressive Disorder
• Interventions: Other: Mobile Interventionist

• Registration Number: NCT03062267
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

Brief Summary

Testing an mHealth mobile interventionist texting program on illness management.

Detailed Description

The ultimate objective is to evaluate a validated mHealth intervention that can be realistically integrated into community mental health settings to increase the availability, reach, and broad impact of illness management approaches for people with serious mental illness (SMI).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-23
• Study Start: 2017-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-31
• Study Completion: 2020-05-31
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Results First Submitted: 2020-10-15
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-10-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-15
• Results First Posted: 2020-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

1. Chart diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder;
2. 18 years or older;
3. A rating of "3" or higher on one of three Patient Activation items;
4. Ownership of a mobile phone with call/text plan (research staff will offer assistance in accessing the Federal Lifeline Assistance Program to people who do not have a mobile phone and/or call/text plan if they are otherwise eligible);
5. Receiving community based treatment services.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Hearing, vision, or motor impairment that make it impossible to operate a mobile phone (determined using the individual's device for screening);
2. English reading level below 4th grade (determined using the reading section from the Wide Range Achievement Test - 4th Edition (WRAT-4).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mobile Interventionist	Mobile Interventionist	Participants will exchange text messages with a mobile interventionist throughout the day for 3 months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychiatric Symptoms	Change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months	Assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The Beck Depression Inventory is a psychometric test for measuring the severity of depression. There are 21 items, each rated from 0-3, and total scores range from 0-63. Higher scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recovery	Change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months	Assessed with the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS). This scale measures mental health recovery. There are 24 items, each rated from 1 (disagree) to 5 (agree), and total scores range from 24-120. Higher scores indicate better recovery.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Thresholds; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Frontier Behavioral Health; 🇺🇸 Spokane, Washington, United States