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TY - JOUR
T1 - TechCare
T2 - mobile assessment and therapy for psychosis – an intervention for clients in the Early Intervention Service: A feasibility study protocol.
AU - Husain, Nusrat
AU - Gire, Nadeem
AU - Kelly, James Andrew
AU - Duxbury, Joy
AU - McKeown, Mick
AU - Riley, Miv
AU - Taylor, Christopher, D. J.
AU - Taylor, Peter J
AU - Emsley, Richard
AU - Farooq, Saeed
AU - Caton, Neil
AU - Naeem, Farooq
AU - Kingdon, David
AU - Chaudry, Imran
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Objectives:Technological advances in healthcare have shown promise when delivering interventions for mental health problems such as psychosis. The aim of this project is to develop a mobile phone intervention for people with psychosis and to conduct a feasibility study of the TechCare App.Methods:The TechCare App will assess participant’s symptoms and respond with a personalised guided self-help-based psychological intervention with the aim of exploring feasibility and acceptability. The project will recruit 16 service users and 8–10 health professionals from the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Early Intervention Service.Results:In strand 1 of the study, we will invite people to discuss their experience of psychosis and give their opinions on the existing evidence-based treatment (cognitive behavioural therapy) and how the mobile app can be developed. In strand 2, we will complete a test run with a small number of participants (n = 4) to refine the mobile intervention (TechCare). Finally, in strand 3 of the study, the TechCare App will be examined in a feasibility study with 12 participants.Conclusion:It has been suggested that there is a need for a rapid increase in the efforts to develop the evidence base for the clinical effectiveness of digital technologies, considering mHealth research can potentially be helpful in addressing the demand on mental health services globally.
AB - Objectives:Technological advances in healthcare have shown promise when delivering interventions for mental health problems such as psychosis. The aim of this project is to develop a mobile phone intervention for people with psychosis and to conduct a feasibility study of the TechCare App.Methods:The TechCare App will assess participant’s symptoms and respond with a personalised guided self-help-based psychological intervention with the aim of exploring feasibility and acceptability. The project will recruit 16 service users and 8–10 health professionals from the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Early Intervention Service.Results:In strand 1 of the study, we will invite people to discuss their experience of psychosis and give their opinions on the existing evidence-based treatment (cognitive behavioural therapy) and how the mobile app can be developed. In strand 2, we will complete a test run with a small number of participants (n = 4) to refine the mobile intervention (TechCare). Finally, in strand 3 of the study, the TechCare App will be examined in a feasibility study with 12 participants.Conclusion:It has been suggested that there is a need for a rapid increase in the efforts to develop the evidence base for the clinical effectiveness of digital technologies, considering mHealth research can potentially be helpful in addressing the demand on mental health services globally.
KW - Early intervention in psychosis
KW - mHealth
KW - cognitive behavioural therapy
KW - intelligent real-time therapy
U2 - 10.1177/2050312116669613
DO - 10.1177/2050312116669613
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - SAGE Open Medicine
JF - SAGE Open Medicine
SN - 2050-3121
ER -