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

University of Washington

Status: Completed

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder; Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder; Schizoaffective Disorder

Treatments: Other: Mobile Interventionist

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03062267

STUDY00001274

Details and patient eligibility

About

Testing an mHealth mobile interventionist texting program on illness management.

Full description

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).

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment as Usual

No Intervention group

Description:

Treatment as usual for 3 months.

Mobile Interventionist

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Mobile Interventionist