Combining mHealth and Nurse-delivered Care to Improve the Outcomes of People With Serious Mental Illness in West Africa
University of Washington
360 participants
Oct 25, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
In West Africa, most people with serious mental illness receive care from traditional or faith healers at prayer camps. The stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dual-pronged intervention package comprised of a mobile health program designed to train healers to deliver evidence-based psychosocial interventions combined with pharmacotherapy delivered directly to the patients at their prayer camps via a visiting nurse in Ghana.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Aged 18 years or older
- Speaks Twi or English
- Current inpatient staying at a study prayer camp
- A diagnosis of psychosis, mania, or depression
Exclusion Criteria1
- Serious physical illness or in need of urgent medical attention
Interventions
MHealer is a software application installed on smartphones that provides psychosocial treatment support and patient condition tracking.
Locations(1)
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NCT05703711