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Effectiveness of a Mobile Texting Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness

NCT ID: NCT03062267

Last Updated: 2020-11-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

49 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-01

Study Completion Date

2020-05-31

Brief Summary

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Testing an mHealth mobile interventionist texting program on illness management.

Detailed Description

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The ultimate objective is to evaluate a validated mHealth intervention that can be realistically integrated into community mental health settings to increase the availability, reach, and broad impact of illness management approaches for people with serious mental illness (SMI).

Conditions

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Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenia Bipolar Disorder Major Depressive Disorder

Keywords

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mhealth texting intervention mobile health mobile mental health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treatment as Usual

Treatment as usual for 3 months.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Mobile Interventionist

Participants will exchange text messages with a mobile interventionist throughout the day for 3 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile Interventionist

Intervention Type OTHER

A mobile interventionist is a trained clinician who provides supportive messaging through text messages via mobile devices (i.e. basic / smartphones)

Interventions

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Mobile Interventionist

A mobile interventionist is a trained clinician who provides supportive messaging through text messages via mobile devices (i.e. basic / smartphones)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Chart diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder;
2. 18 years or older;
3. A rating of "3" or higher on one of three Patient Activation items;
4. Ownership of a mobile phone with call/text plan (research staff will offer assistance in accessing the Federal Lifeline Assistance Program to people who do not have a mobile phone and/or call/text plan if they are otherwise eligible);
5. Receiving community based treatment services.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Hearing, vision, or motor impairment that make it impossible to operate a mobile phone (determined using the individual's device for screening);
2. English reading level below 4th grade (determined using the reading section from the Wide Range Achievement Test - 4th Edition (WRAT-4).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dror Ben-Zeev

Professor, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Locations

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Thresholds

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Frontier Behavioral Health

Spokane, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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STUDY00001274

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id