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Trial reportBMC psychiatry2016

Randomised controlled trial of a digitally assisted low intensity intervention to promote personal recovery in persisting psychosis: SMART-Therapy study protocol.

Neil Thomas, John Farhall, Fiona Foley, Susan L Rossell, David Castle, Emma Ladd, Denny Meyer, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Nuwan Leitan, Cassy Nunan and 9 more

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Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02474524 (Psychosocial Intervention Using Online Resources to Promote Personal Recovery in Users of Specialist Mental Health Services), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02474524 nacompletednot on this map

Psychosocial Intervention Using Online Resources to Promote Personal Recovery in Users of Specialist Mental Health Services

TypeinterventionalSponsorSwinburne University of TechnologyRan2015 to 2017Enrolled148ConditionsSchizophrenia, Affective Disorders, Psychotic, Psychotic DisordersArmsHealth intervention, Social intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Neil ThomasCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia. neilthomas@swin.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-7006-6361
John FarhallDepartment of Psychology and Counselling, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Fiona FoleyCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Susan L RossellCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
David CastleDepartment of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia.
Emma LaddWellways Australia, Fairfield, VIC, 3068, Australia.
Denny MeyerCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Cathrine MihalopoulosCentre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Nuwan LeitanCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Cassy NunanWellways Australia, Fairfield, VIC, 3068, Australia.
Rosalie FrankishWellways Australia, Fairfield, VIC, 3068, Australia.
Tara SmarkWellways Australia, Fairfield, VIC, 3068, Australia.
Sue FarnanWellways Australia, Fairfield, VIC, 3068, Australia.
Bronte McLeodCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Leon SterlingCentre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Greg MurrayCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Ellie FosseyDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Monash University - Peninsula Campus, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia.
Lisa BrophyMind Australia, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.
Michael KyriosCentre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPsychosocial interventions have an important role in promoting recovery in people with persisting psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. Readily available, digital technology provides a means of developing therapeutic resources for use together by practitioners and mental health service users. As part of the Self-Management and Recovery Technology (SMART) research program, we have developed an online resource providing materials on illness self-management and personal recovery based on the Connectedness-Hope-Identity-Meaning-Empowerment (CHIME) framework. Content is communicated using videos featuring persons with lived experience of psychosis discussing how they have navigated issues in their own recovery. This was developed to be suitable for use on a tablet computer during sessions with a mental health worker to promote discussion about recovery. METHODS/

designThis is a rater-blinded randomised controlled trial comparing a low intensity recovery intervention of eight one-to-one face-to-face sessions with a mental health worker using the SMART website alongside routine care, versus an eight-session comparison condition, befriending. The recruitment target is 148 participants with a schizophrenia-related disorder or mood disorder with a history of psychosis, recruited from mental health services in Victoria, Australia. Following baseline assessment, participants are randomised to intervention, and complete follow up assessments at 3, 6 and 9 months post-baseline. The primary outcome is personal recovery measured using the Process of Recovery Questionnaire (QPR). Secondary outcomes include positive and negative symptoms assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, subjective experiences of psychosis, emotional symptoms, quality of life and resource use. Mechanisms of change via effects on self-stigma and self-efficacy will be examined. DISCUSSION: This protocol describes a novel intervention which tests new therapeutic methods including in-session tablet computer use and video-based peer modelling. It also informs a possible low intensity intervention model potentially viable for delivery across the mental health workforce.

trial registrationNCT02474524 , 24 May 2015, retrospectively registered during the recruitment phase.

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AdolescentAdultAgedHopeHumansMaleMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedPower, PsychologicalPsychotherapyPsychotic DisordersQuality of LifeSelf CareSelf EfficacySocial BehaviorSocial IdentificationDigital healthe-therapyIllness self-managementPeer supportPersonal recoveryPsychosisRandomised controlled trial (RCT)SchizophreniaTablet computers

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PMID27604363
PMCPMC5015321

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