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Cue-based Intervention in Prospective Memory and Medication Adherence.
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Summary
Medication adherence is a major challenge while treating patients with major mental illnesses like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. This interventional study aims to assess the improvement in prospective memory and thus medication adherence by giving time and event-based cues to the participants.
Official title: Effectiveness of Cue-based Intervention in Improving Prospective Memory by Enhancing Medication Adherence in Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
104
Start Date
2024-06-15
Completion Date
2026-05-31
Last Updated
2026-03-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Cue based intervention
The intervention arm will receive the cues in the form of daily repeating reminders for a time period of 30 days. The reminders will be set on participants' mobile phones to receive at least 1 hour prior to the prescribed oral antipsychotic medication. The same reminder will be repeated after 10 minutes duration to ensure that the participant does not miss the cue and the uniformity of the cue will be ensured by setting the same emoji or the same phrase on the participant's own mobile phone. The participant will also be asked a task of daily routine during the same time of medication.
Treatment as Usual
This group will not get any intervention but the usual treatment all assessments will continue
Locations (1)
St. John's Medical College and Hospital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India