Effectiveness of a transdiagnostic app-based psychological aftercare
Zusammenfassung der Studie
The aim of this study is to investigate how efficient and effective an app is as an aftercare intervention following a hospital stay. The app offers, after an initial questionnaire, the possibility to create a weekly plan similar to that in the hospital setting. The app is intended to support study participants in maintaining the structure from the hospital setting at home in their daily lives, based on participants' wishes and needs. In the context of the study presented here, the effectiveness of the app will be measured in a clinical study with a larger number of individuals over a period of 3 months. Participants will be divided into two groups. One group will have access to the app and will use it for 3 months after discharge. Participants in the second group will continue to only receive their prescribed therapy (group "Standard care"/waiting list). This group serves as a comparison group. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the "App" group or the Standard care/waiting list group. If participants are randomized into the Standard care/waiting list group, they will gain access to the app intervention after 3 months of waiting. All study participants will regularly receive questionnaires before the study begins and during their participation, regardless of their group assignment. The aim of this study is to determine to what extent the use of the "App" interventions positively affects mental well-being and behavioral activation. Passive data (number of steps per day, geographical location, duration of app use, number of phone calls) will also be collected. A diagnostic interview will be conducted with all study participants before the study begins.
(BASEC)
Untersuchte Intervention
Participants will be divided into two groups. One group will have access to the app and will use it for 3 months after discharge. Participants in the second group will continue to only receive their prescribed therapy (group "Standard care"/waiting list). This group serves as a comparison group. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the "App" group or the Standard care/waiting list group. If participants are randomized into the Standard care/waiting list group, they will gain access to the app intervention after 3 months of waiting. The aim of this study is to investigate how efficient and effective an app is as an aftercare intervention following a hospital stay compared to "Standard care"/waiting list.
(BASEC)
Untersuchte Krankheit(en)
Patients with various mental disorders who are discharged from inpatient treatment will be included in the study.
(BASEC)
Individuals may participate in this study if the following criteria are met: • Age between 18 and 80 years • Existing diagnosis of a mental disorder • Willingness and ability to participate • Ability and experience in using a mobile device to use the app • Ability to understand German instructions • Possession of a mobile device to use the app • Regular completion of the hospital stay in about 2-4 weeks (BASEC)
Ausschlusskriterien
Individuals must be excluded from participation in the study if one or more of the following criteria are known: • Acute suicidality or psychosis • Acute substance abuse/intoxication • Presence of moderate or severe dementia • Ongoing inpatient treatment in a psychiatric facility • Insufficient German language skills to understand the app content (BASEC)
Studienstandort
Aarau, Basel, Freiburg, Andere
(BASEC)
Aadorf, Luxembourg
(BASEC)
Sponsor
UPK Basel
(BASEC)
Kontakt für weitere Auskünfte zur Studie
Allgemeine Auskünfte
Universitre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel
+41 61 325 51 11
klaus.bader@clutterupk.ch(ICTRP)
Wissenschaftliche Auskünfte
Universit?re Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel
+41 61 325 51 11
klaus.bader@clutterupk.ch(ICTRP)
Name der bewilligenden Ethikkommission (bei multizentrischen Studien nur die Leitkommission)
Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz EKNZ
(BASEC)
Datum der Bewilligung durch die Ethikkommission
04.05.2023
(BASEC)
ICTRP Studien-ID
DRKS00031700 (ICTRP)
Offizieller Titel (Genehmigt von der Ethikkommission)
FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY OF A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC APP-BASED PSYCHOLOGICAL AFTERCARE INTERVENTION (BASEC)
Wissenschaftlicher Titel
Feasibility and efficacy of a transdiagnostic app-based psychological aftercare intervention - App-based Psychological Aftercare/APAC (ICTRP)
Öffentlicher Titel
Feasibility and efficacy of a transdiagnostic app-based psychological aftercare intervention (ICTRP)
Untersuchte Krankheit(en)
Participants with various mental disorders will be recruited for the current study. Diagnosis of a mental disorder will be established according to the DSM-5 via a diagnostic interview (First et al., 2016 Margraf et al., 2017). (ICTRP)
Untersuchte Intervention
Group 1: IG (intervention group) = App-based psychological aftercare intervention (i.e., treatment as usual + App-intervention) for three months
Group 2: CG (control group) = waitlist control/treatment as usual (the participants in this group are also getting the intervention after the active study phase, i.e., three months) (ICTRP)
Studientyp
interventional (ICTRP)
Studiendesign
Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Blinded (masking used); Control: No treatment / Standard of care; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: other (ICTRP)
Ein-/Ausschlusskriterien
Inclusion criteria: -Diagnosis of a mental disorder according to the DSM-5 (First et al., 2016 Margraf et al., 2017)
-Willingness and capability of participation
- Regularly ending inpatient stay in a psychiatric clinic in 2 - 4 weeks (mutual consent by inpatient clinician and patient)
-Ownership of a smartphone
(ICTRP)
Exclusion criteria: - Acute suicidality
- Acute psychosis
- Acute substance abuse/intoxication
- Dementia
- Further inpatient treatment in another inpatient facility or home treatment
- Insufficient German language skills to understand the content of the app
Primäre und sekundäre Endpunkte
Rehospitalization rates during 3 months after discharge, well-being, health and disability, uptake of aftercare treatments, psychological distress, behavior activation, anxiety and depressive symptoms (ICTRP)
Frequency/duration of app use, therapeutic alliance, system usability, user satisfaction, treatment credibility and client expectancy, negative intervention effects, passive data (location, steps, app-usage, phone usage, calls) (ICTRP)
Registrierungsdatum
12.06.2023 (ICTRP)
Einschluss des ersten Teilnehmers
09.02.2024 (ICTRP)
Sekundäre Sponsoren
nicht verfügbar
Weitere Kontakte
Klaus Bader, klaus.bader@upk.ch, +41 61 325 51 11, Universitre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel (ICTRP)
Sekundäre IDs
nicht verfügbar
Angaben zur Verfügbarkeit von individuellen Teilnehmerdaten
No (ICTRP)
Weitere Informationen zur Studie
http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00031700 (ICTRP)
Ergebnisse der Studie
Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse
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Link zu den Ergebnissen im Primärregister
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