Piloting and Evaluation of a Group Intervention for People With Psychosis Designed to Boost Access and Usage of ICT

McMaster University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Serious Mental Illness

Treatments: Behavioral: Group ICT Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07025499

18839

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants will be given access to a tablet. With this technology, participants will be invited to set personal goals related to using this technology to foster social connection and community participation. Participants will attend a group led by two occupational therapy students and an occupational therapist focused on digital literacy and how to use technology to meet their goals. In the group, participants will learn how to use their device and how to safely access various online resources and tools to support their recovery. Participants will keep their provided devices upon conclusion of the group sessions. Participants will complete quantitative outcome measures at the start and end of the group intervention. Participants will be invited to attend a semi-structured interview one month after the completion of the group about their experiences with the program.

Enrollment: 18 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Specific inclusion criteria for participants in this study will include being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, living in the Hamilton area, ability to communicate in English, and having more than one episode of psychosis. Every effort will be made to recruit participants from study with HiREB approvals #17367 and #18549, as indicated in that study's previous consent form, for those that have consented to be contacted for future research.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria include currently experiencing an acute psychotic episode or medical condition that would render them incapable of meaningfully participating in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 1 patient group

Information and Communication Technology Group Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be given access to a tablet. With this technology, participants will be invited to set personal goals related to using this technology to foster social connection and community participation. Participants will attend a group led by two occupational therapy students and an occupational therapist focused on digital literacy and how to use technology to meet their goals. In the group, participants will learn how to use their device and how to safely access various online resources and tools to support their recovery. Participants will keep their provided devices upon conclusion of the group sessions. Participants will complete quantitative outcome measures at the start and end of the group intervention. Participants will be invited to attend a semi-structured interview one month after the completion of the group about their experiences with the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group ICT Intervention