Feasibility and Outcomes of a Digital Health Support for the Schizophrenia Spectrum

NCT03649815 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2020-06-04

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Summary

This protocol describes an attempt to capture the development phase of a mobile support for individuals with schizophrenia. The intent is to describe and account for a rigorous development process that will result in the creation of a beta version that would be tested in a randomized trial for effectiveness - to be addressed in a subsequent protocol

Conditions

  • Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

App4Independence

The mobile, app-based platform was designed to: * Help prevent social isolation through personalized prompts, scheduling of activities, and connections to a range of resources relevant to social engagement * Enhance hopeful and informed engagement in the recovery process through functions that foster resilience and draw on evidence based strategies to enhance wellness (e.g., personalized affirmations; tip sheets; relaxation exercises) * Encourage and check-in on daily essential activities for patients - addressing memory, attention, and initiation challenges that often occur as a part of this illness * Provide basic health/safety functionality and track level of wellness * Provide an anonymous peer-peer online network for strategy sharing * Provide an ambient sound detector to assist with identifying hallucinations

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sean Kidd, PhD · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-18
Primary Completion
2018-05-08
Completion
2018-05-08

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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