Preliminary Efficacy of an mHealth Intervention in West Africa

University of Washington

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Other: FOCUS; Other: G-FOCUS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07276321

STUDY00023050

Details and patient eligibility

About

We are conducting a pilot feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial of a digital intervention for serious mental illness in West Africa.

Participants will be recruited from a large psychiatric hospital in Ghana and randomized into one of three study conditions: 1) Treatment as usual; 2) FOCUS intervention; 3) G-FOCUS intervention.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 18 years of age or older
2. Speaks English
3. Outpatient receiving care at Accra Psychiatric Hospital
4. Diagnosis of Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder
5. Owns a mobile device capable of downloading smartphone applications

Exclusion criteria

1. Hearing, vision, or motor impairment that would hamper their ability to participate in data collection
2. Serious intellectual or developmental disability that would hamper their ability to participate in data collection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

Treatment as Usual

No Intervention group

FOCUS

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: FOCUS

G-FOCUS

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: G-FOCUS