Preliminary Efficacy of an mHealth Intervention in West Africa
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Enrollment
- 150
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Overview
Brief Summary
We are conducting a pilot feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial of a digital intervention for serious mental illness in West Africa.
Participants will be recruited from a large psychiatric hospital in Ghana and randomized into one of three study conditions: 1) Treatment as usual; 2) FOCUS intervention; 3) G-FOCUS intervention.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged 18 years of age or older
- •Speaks English
- •Outpatient receiving care at Accra Psychiatric Hospital
- •Diagnosis of Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder
- •Owns a mobile device capable of downloading smartphone applications
Exclusion Criteria
- •Hearing, vision, or motor impairment that would hamper their ability to participate in data collection
- •Serious intellectual or developmental disability that would hamper their ability to participate in data collection
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
Depressive symptoms.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7)
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
Anxiety severity
Revised Green et al Paranoid Thoughts Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Dror Ben-Zeev
Professor: School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington