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Feasibility and efficacy of a transdiagnostic app-based psychological aftercare interventio

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Participants with various mental disorders will be recruited for the current study. Diagnosis of a mental disorder will be established according to the DSM-5 via a diagnostic interview (First et al., 2016
Margraf et al., 2017).
Registration Number
DRKS00031700
Lead Sponsor
niversitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
180
Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of a mental disorder according to the DSM-5 (First et al., 2016; Margraf et al., 2017)
-Willingness and capability of participation
- Regularly ending inpatient stay in a psychiatric clinic in 2 - 4 weeks (mutual consent by inpatient clinician and patient)
-Ownership of a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

- Acute suicidality
- Acute psychosis
- Acute substance abuse/intoxication
- Dementia
- Further inpatient treatment in another inpatient facility or home treatment
- Insufficient German language skills to understand the content of the app

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rehospitalization rates during 3 months after discharge, well-being, health and disability, uptake of aftercare treatments, psychological distress, behavior activation, anxiety and depressive symptoms
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Frequency/duration of app use, therapeutic alliance, system usability, user satisfaction, treatment credibility and client expectancy, negative intervention effects, passive data (location, steps, app-usage, phone usage, calls)
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