The Effectiveness of a Smartphone App on Medication Adherence and Psychotic Symptoms and Cognitive Functions in Patients With Schizophrenia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Medication adherence rate
研究概览
简要总结
This is an experimental study which aims to explore the effectiveness of a smartphone app for medication adherence (MedAdhere app) among schizophrenic patients for eight weeks.
详细描述
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes severe functional disabilities and imposes a heavy economic burden. Poor medication adherence is one of the major causes of relapse of psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenic patients. This is an experimental study which aims to explore the effectiveness of a smartphone app for medication adherence (MedAdhere app) among schizophrenic patients for eight weeks.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •schizophrenia
- •aged 20 to 65 years
- •able to read traditional Chinese
- •owning a smartphone
- •currently admitted at a psychiatric day-care center
排除标准
- •Intellectually disabled or severe cognitive function impairment (Dementia)
结局指标
主要结局
Medication adherence rate
时间窗: Change from Baseline Medication adherence' rate at 8 weeks
Utilizing cloud-based platforms to compute the medication adherence rate.
psychiatric symptoms
时间窗: Change from Baseline psychiatric symptoms at 8 weeks
The positive and negative syndrome scale was used to measure participants' psychiatric symptoms. Of the 30 items on the scale, seven are positive symptoms, seven are negative symptoms, and 16 are general psychopathology symptoms. Symptom severity for each item is rated according to the anchoring points in the 7-point scale (1 = absent; 7 = extreme) that best describe the symptom (Kay et al., 1987). The PANSS score is the sum of ratings across items, ranging from 7 to 49 for the Positive, Negative Scales, and 16 to 112 and 16 to 112 for the General Psychopathology Scale.
cognitive functions
时间窗: Change from Baseline cognitive functions at 8 weeks
The Mini-Mental State Examination was used to measure participants' cognitive functions. The MMSE consists of 15 questions for assessing the following seven cognitive domains: orientation in time and place, memory registration and recall, attention and calculation, and language. The total MMSE score ranged from 0 to 30, and higher scores indicate better cognitive functions.
次要结局
未报告次要终点