Self-Management and Recovery Technology Psychosocial Intervention Trial
NCT ID: NCT02474524
Last Updated: 2017-09-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
148 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-01-01
2017-07-31
Brief Summary
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This particular project (SMART-Therapy) involves a randomised controlled trial examining the use of a discrete 8-session psychosocial intervention delivered in addition to routine care which utilises these online materials. The intervention will involve a mental health worker meeting with the participant with a tablet computer (e.g. iPad) on which online materials can be viewed, and used to guide an interaction with the participant.
The randomised controlled trial will include 148 participants, who will be randomised to receive one of two interventions: (a) meeting with a support worker using the SMART website to guide interaction (health intervention), or (b) meeting with a support worker delivering a social interaction-based control condition (social intervention). In each condition, there will be 8 x 50min face-to-face sessions over 3 months. Assessments will be completed pre-randomisation, and at 3, 6 and 9 months.
The primary hypothesis is that participants randomised to the health intervention will show greater improvement in personal recovery than participants randomised to the social intervention, and that these improvements will be maintained at follow-up (6 and 9 months following intake).
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Health intervention
\+ treatment as usual
Health intervention
Participants will receive 8 50-minute sessions during a 3 month window with a mental health worker, in addition to their routine care. Sessions will be structured by the worker and participant using a tablet computer to view materials on mental health self-management and personal recovery on a dedicated website for the trial. These will include information, videos, audio and exercises. Online materials make particular use of videos featuring people with lived experience of psychosis discussing how they have dealt with issues in their recovery, and will allow users to post comments on videos and in a forum. Participants may access online materials both during intervention sessions and outside sessions using any Internet-enabled device.
Social intervention
\+ treatment as usual
Social intervention
Participants will receive 8 50-minute sessions during a 3 month window with a mental health worker in addition to routine care (treatment as usual). The social intervention will utilise a computer tablet (i.e., iPad) servicing online resources to extend a manualised befriending intervention, based upon social interaction, designed to control for therapist contact and computer use. Each session will involve interaction about non-health related topics of interest to the participants, which will be facilitated by use of viewing online material related to these interests on a tablet computer as a prompt to conversation.
Interventions
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Health intervention
Participants will receive 8 50-minute sessions during a 3 month window with a mental health worker, in addition to their routine care. Sessions will be structured by the worker and participant using a tablet computer to view materials on mental health self-management and personal recovery on a dedicated website for the trial. These will include information, videos, audio and exercises. Online materials make particular use of videos featuring people with lived experience of psychosis discussing how they have dealt with issues in their recovery, and will allow users to post comments on videos and in a forum. Participants may access online materials both during intervention sessions and outside sessions using any Internet-enabled device.
Social intervention
Participants will receive 8 50-minute sessions during a 3 month window with a mental health worker in addition to routine care (treatment as usual). The social intervention will utilise a computer tablet (i.e., iPad) servicing online resources to extend a manualised befriending intervention, based upon social interaction, designed to control for therapist contact and computer use. Each session will involve interaction about non-health related topics of interest to the participants, which will be facilitated by use of viewing online material related to these interests on a tablet computer as a prompt to conversation.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. sufficient fluency in English to make use of the resources;
3. overall intellectual functioning within normal limits (WTAR estimated IQ\>70);
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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The Alfred
OTHER
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
OTHER
Melbourne Health
OTHER
Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria
UNKNOWN
Mind Australia
OTHER
La Trobe University
OTHER
Deakin University
OTHER
Austin Health
OTHER_GOV
Neami National
UNKNOWN
Peninsula Health
OTHER_GOV
Eastern Health
OTHER
EACH
UNKNOWN
Swinburne University of Technology
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Neil Thomas
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Swinburne University of Technology/Alfred Health
Locations
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EACH
Eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Eastern Health
Eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria
Fairfield, Victoria, Australia
St Vincent's Health mental health services
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Peninsula Health
Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Austin Health
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Mind Australia
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Alfred Health mental health services
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Neami National
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
North Western Mental Health
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Countries
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References
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Thomas N, Farhall J, Foley F, Rossell SL, Castle D, Ladd E, Meyer D, Mihalopoulos C, Leitan N, Nunan C, Frankish R, Smark T, Farnan S, McLeod B, Sterling L, Murray G, Fossey E, Brophy L, Kyrios M. Randomised controlled trial of a digitally assisted low intensity intervention to promote personal recovery in persisting psychosis: SMART-Therapy study protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 7;16(1):312. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1024-1.
Other Identifiers
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MIRF33
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2014/119
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id