Mobile technology health management for patients with severe mental illness
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Severe Mental Illness (Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder)Mental and Behavioural DisordersSchizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN34124141
- Lead Sponsor
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34271902/ (added 19/07/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 65
Inclusion Criteria
1. Currently receive mental health care from one of the community mental health teams provided by East London NHS Foundation Trust
2. Established diagnosis of Severe Mental Illness (Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder)
3. 18-65 years old
4. Currently receive care within the framework of the Care Programme Approach (be on CPA and have a care coordinator assigned to them)
5. Basic command of English
Exclusion Criteria
1. Lack capacity (as assessed pre consent giving by patient's clinicians)
2. Organic psychosis
3. Diagnosis of Learning Disability
4. Currently inpatient receiving acute care in hospital
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Service user satisfaction scores (subjective quality of life measured using the DIALOG scale (patient-reported outcome measure) at baseline and after six months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> At baseline and six months:<br> 1. Treatment adherence: compliance with medication, attendance at therapeutic/clinical appointments and Medication Adherence Rate Scale (MARS), SMS response rates and attendance rates and relapse rates (number of hospital admission, number of Crisis Resolution Team inputs, number of A&E attendances)<br> 2. Service user satisfaction with treatment: Client's Assessment of Treatment Scale<br> 3. Factors contributing to effective self-management skills: 1. General Self Efficacy Scale and 2. Mental Health Confidence Scale<br> 4. Information regarding experiences using m-health technology intervention and acceptance of Florence system: semi-structured interview at follow-up with service users and clinicians<br>