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Effectiveness of mHealth Post-discharge Intervention for Patients With Severe Mental Illness
Sponsor: Butler Hospital
Summary
The overall aim of this program of research is to improve the continuity of care for patients with serious mental illness (SMI) by supporting a safer and more efficient bridge from hospital to outpatient care using a mobile device-delivered app called Transition-FOCUS (tFOCUS), which has previously been tested in community samples. The purpose of the proposed project is to establish the effectiveness of our empirically-supported, multi-component mHealth intervention.
Official title: Effectiveness of a Multi-component mHealth Intervention to Improve Post-hospital Transitions of Care for Patients With SMI
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
180
Start Date
2023-02-14
Completion Date
2027-07-31
Last Updated
2025-06-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Transition-FOCUS mHealth Intervention
tFOCUS integrates evidence-based strategies for self-management of severe mental illness (SMI) into a comprehensive mobile assessment and treatment system that is grounded in theoretical SMI models. The application promotes self-management strategies aimed at improving medication adherence to manage biologically driven psychiatric symptoms, increase social support to reduce the negative impact of social withdrawal, improve sleep hygiene to reduce levels of fatigue, and promote strategies for coping with persistent symptoms. tFOCUS application strategies are linked to participants' specific assessment responses, allowing for a highly personalized self-management intervention experience
Check-In
Check-in includes a discharge and safety plan (with medication instructions, crisis services, etc.), a timely follow-up appointment with a mental health provider, and phone check-ins by case managers immediately following post-discharge for care coordination purposes.
Locations (1)
Butler Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States