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NCT05703711
Combining mHealth and Nurse-delivered Care to Improve the Outcomes of People With Serious Mental Illness in West Africa
Conditions: Psychosis, Mania, Depression
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: 1
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 360
Sponsor: University of Washington
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 Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:Aged 18 years or olderSpeaks Twi or EnglishCurrent inpatient staying at a study prayer campA diagnosis of psychosis, mania, or depressionExclusion Criteria:Serious physical illness or in need of urgent medical attention
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05703711). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.
