Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2001
Randomised trial of personalised computer based information for patients with schizophrenia.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital interventions in mental health: evidence syntheses and economic modelling.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022Pooled it
- General physical health advice for people with serious mental illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Information and communication technology in patient education and support for people with schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Patient education methods to support quality of life and functional ability among patients with schizophrenia: a randomised clinical trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2012Trial
- Application and Effectiveness of Telehealth to Support Severe Mental Illness Management: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2018Review
- A survey of eMedia-delivered interventions for schizophrenia used in randomized controlled trials.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2017Article
- Telepsychiatry in the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia.Clinical schizophrenia & related psychoses · 2014Review
- Development of an evidence-based information booklet to support parents of children without a diagnosis.Journal of genetic counseling · 2012Article
- Usability evaluation of a web-based support system for people with a schizophrenia diagnosis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Article
- The role of health kiosks in 2009: literature and informant review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2009Review
- Designing websites for persons with cognitive deficits: Design and usability of a psychoeducational intervention for persons with severe mental illness.Psychological services · 2007Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesTo compare use, effect, and cost of personalised computer education with community psychiatric nurse education for patients with schizophrenia.
designRandomised trial of three interventions. Modelling of costs of alternatives.
participants112 patients with schizophrenia in contact with community services; 67 completed the intervention.
interventionsThree interventions of five educational sessions: (a) computer intervention combining information from patient's medical record with general information about schizophrenia; (b) sessions with a community psychiatric nurse; (c) "combination" (first and last sessions with nurse and remainder with computer).
main outcome measuresPatients' attendance, opinions, change in knowledge, and psychological state; costs of interventions and patients' use of NHS community services; modelling of costs for these three, and alternative, interventions.
resultsRates of completion of intervention did not differ significantly (71% for combination intervention, 61% for computer only, 46% for nurse only). Computer sessions were shorter than sessions with nurse (14 minutes v 60 minutes). More patients given nurse based education thought the information relevant. Of 20 patients in combination group, 13 preferred the sessions with the nurse and seven preferred the computer. There were no significant differences between groups in psychological outcomes. Because of the need to transport patients to the computer for their sessions, there was no difference between interventions in costs, but computer sessions combined with other patient contacts would be substantially cheaper.
conclusionsThe computer based patient education offered no advantage over sessions with a community psychiatric nurse. Investigation of computer use combined with other health service contacts would be worth while.
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