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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Feasibility of an Intervention Delivered via Mobile Phone and Internet to Improve the Continuity of Care in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

Christina Gallinat, Markus Moessner, Sandra Apondo, Philipp A Thomann, Sabine C Herpertz, Stephanie Bauer

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. E-Mental Health Interventions in Inpatient Care: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025
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  9. Digitalising mental health care: Practical recommendations from the European Psychiatric Association.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christina GallinatCenter for Psychotherapy Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3976-6471
Markus MoessnerCenter for Psychotherapy Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
Sandra ApondoDepartment of General Psychiatry, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
Philipp A ThomannZentrum für Seelische Gesundheit, Gesundheitszentrum Odenwaldkreis GmbH, 64711 Erbach im Odenwald, Germany.
Sabine C HerpertzDepartment of General Psychiatry, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
Stephanie BauerCenter for Psychotherapy Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness associated with a heavy symptom burden and high relapse rates. Digital interventions are increasingly suggested as means to facilitate continuity of care, relapse prevention, and long-term disease management for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In order to investigate the feasibility of a mobile and internet-based aftercare program, a 2-arm randomized controlled pilot study was conducted. The program could be used by patients for six months after inpatient treatment and included psychoeducation, an individual crisis plan, optional counseling via internet chat or phone and a supportive monitoring module. Due to the slow pace of enrollment, recruitment was stopped before the planned sample size was achieved. Reasons for the high exclusion rate during recruitment were analyzed as well as attitudes, satisfaction, and utilization of the program by study participants. The data of 25 randomized patients suggest overall positive attitudes towards the program, high user satisfaction and good adherence to the monitoring module. Overall, the results indicate that the digital program might be suitable to provide support following discharge from intensive care. In addition, the study provides insights into specific barriers to recruitment which may inform future research in the field of digital interventions for severe mental illness.

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Cell PhoneSchizophreniaContinuity of Patient CareFeasibility StudiesHumansInternetPilot Projectsaftercaredigitalinternetmobilerelapse preventionschizophrenia

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PMID34886117
PMCPMC8656751

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