The Effect of Daily Living Activities Mobile Application Developed for Individuals With Chronic Mental Disorder on Functionality (RhMoGYA)

Ege University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Mental Disorders

Treatments: Other: Routine rehabilitation program; Other: Daily Living Activities Mobile Application; Other: Individual interviews; Other: Group education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06910488

Decision No: 22-2.1T/27

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted to evaluate the functionality of a mobile application programme developed to help individuals with chronic mental disorders plan and implement their daily activities and its impact on activities of daily living.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the activities of daily living mobile application programme improve participants' activities of daily living? Does the activities of daily living mobile application programme improve the activities of daily living? Does the activities of daily living mobile application programme improve participants' medication adherence?

Full description

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a mobile application program developed to enable individuals with chronic mental disorders to plan and implement their daily activities on their functionality, daily activities, and medication adherence.

The study was designed as an experimental study with a control group, including pre-test, post-test, and follow-up measurements. A total of 64 patients with chronic mental disorders who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study, with 32 in the intervention group and 32 in the control group. Data were collected using the Introductory Information Form, the Social Functioning Assessment Scale (SFAS), the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale, and the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS). Participants in the intervention group were administered the Activities of Daily Living-Based Mobile Application Programme developed in this study.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: - Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder according to DSM-V

• Individuals aged between 18 and 65
• I've been in treatment for the last 3 months
• Can speak and understand Turkish
• Open to communication and co-operation
• Those who did not get 0 points from the phone usage step of the Lawton IADL (Lawton instrumental activities of daily living scale) data collection tool
• Android phone owner

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hearing, vision, speech and comprehension problems
• Individuals who did not attend the two scheduled sessions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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57 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the study, an individual-specific rehabilitation programme consisting of diagnosis, planning and intervention stages was created for the patients included in the intervention group. In addition to routine rehabilitation services, the activities of daily living mobile application programme was applied to the intervention group in the form of face-to-face individual interviews, group training, use of RhMoGYA application by the patients for three months, and planning and follow-up of activities for the use of patients by the researcher. The interviews were planned within the scope of the Roper Activities of Daily Living Model for the development and follow-up of patients' activities of daily living.

Treatment:

Other: Group education

Other: Individual interviews

Other: Daily Living Activities Mobile Application

Other: Routine rehabilitation program

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

A routine rehabilitation program has been followed

Treatment:

Other: Routine rehabilitation program