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NCT number NCT06212687
Other study ID # 635362 b
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 2024
Est. completion date December 2030

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source St. Olavs Hospital
Contact Mariela L. Lara-Cabrera, PhD
Phone +4748280188
Email Mariela.lara@ntnu.no
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Community mental health centers (CMHCs) face significant challenges in meeting the needs of individuals with mental health issues. For example, due to high demand, there are long waiting lists and low engagement rates. Innovative interventions are urgently needed to address these challenges to improve patient engagement, coping skills, and overall health outcomes. Educational and self-management interventions have shown promise in enhancing patient activation and treatment satisfaction in other contexts. They may therefore be potential solutions to reduce the identified challenges in the mental health service. To bridge these knowledge and practice gaps, this study aims to evaluate a digital pre-therapy patient education program tailored specifically for adults with mental disorders. This intervention aims to enhance treatment satisfaction, patient activation, knowledge, patient engagement, and overall mental health outcomes.


Description:

Community mental health centers (CMHCs) play a pivotal role in the provision of comprehensive care and support for individuals with mental health challenges. However, these centers often face formidable obstacles, including surging patient demands, lengthy waiting lists, high dropout rates, and barriers to engagement, stigma, and negative attitudes. Given these challenges, there exists an urgent imperative to develop innovative interventions that can enhance treatment satisfaction, patient activation, knowledge, and patient engagement, and ultimately yield improved mental health outcomes. One promising approach for addressing these challenges lies in the realm of patient engagement and enablement strategies, particularly through the implementation of digital educational interventions. The investigators hypothesize that utilizing innovative technology to deliver an early digital self-management educational program improves treatment satisfaction, patient activation, knowledge, patient engagement, and overall mental health outcomes without substantially increasing service costs. The impact of utilizing innovative technology to deliver an early digital pre-therapy patient education program through the HelsaMi web patient portal is promising. By leveraging technology, it is possible to reach a wider audience and provide accessible and convenient information, with the same standard to all patients. This approach has the potential to improve patient outcomes, increase treatment adherence, and reduce the burden on healthcare resources. By demonstrating the benefits of digital interventions, our research will pave the way for more efficient and cost-effective mental healthcare services, benefiting both patients and healthcare systems.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 170
Est. completion date December 2030
Est. primary completion date December 2028
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Put on the waiting list for mental health outpatient treatment in the active study period. - Willing to participate in the study - Over 18 years - Understand written and spoken Norwegian Exclusion Criteria: - In need of acute help

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Digital pre-therapy patient education program (StartHjelp)
After randomization the intervention group receives access to a pre-therapy informational app, presenting information about the treatment process, options, patient rights, user organizations, and self-help while on waiting list before mental health outpatient treatment. The information is presented stepwise through video and text, while also providing links to additional information if needed. The videos are made available to the patients gradually, with more general information about the treatment process first, and more specific information as the first session approaches. The patient has the opportunity to rewatch the videos as they please.
Comparator intervention
After randomization, while on waiting list, the control group gets sent all the same information as the intervention group in written form, by mail.

Locations

Country Name City State
Norway St.Olavs Hospital Trondheim Trøndelag

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
St. Olavs Hospital Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Costs Cost of app development and maintenance are being tracked to compare it against its outcomes to evaluate its cost-benefit. T4 (24 months follow up; up to 112 weeks)
Other App engagement To measure app engagement, anonymized data of app usage will be gathered through the app itself. T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks)
Other health care usage Data from official patient registries will be used to track (drop out, number of consultations, type of treatment) T4 (24 months follow up; up to 112 weeks)
Other System usability To test the usability of the app itself the System Usability Scale will be used, a widely used 10-item scale that measure how the user experience using and trying to understand a digital tool. T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks)
Other Alcohol use disorder test To screen for alcohol use disorders Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) will be used. AUDIT has 10 items and uses the last 12 months as a reference for answering. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks)
Other Drug use disorder test To screen for drug use disorders Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) will be used. DUDIT has 11 items and uses the last 12 months as a reference for answering. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks)
Other Work status Data from official patient registries will be used to track work status (disability status, employment or sick leave). T4 (24 months follow up; up to 112 weeks)
Primary Patient satisfaction Patient satisfaction with the client satisfaction questionnaire (CSQ). The CSQ prompts the patient to evaluate different aspects of the care received with an 4 point ordinal scale (very dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, somewhat satisfied, very satisfied). measured on T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Primary Patient activation Patient activation measure 13 will be used. This questionaire measures patient activation by asking about knowledge, skills, and ability to manage one's own health, and health care usage. It consists of 13 items which is answered on an 4 point ordinal scale (Strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, and strongly agree. Respondents have the option to answer "not applicable to me" as well. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Primary Knowledge and treatment preferences Knowledge will be measured by five questions. All questions are introduced by "how much knowledge do you have about" (how outpatient clinics work; what happens in therapy; self management and user participation; patient rights; treatment options available to you). These questions are answered on a six-point ordinal scale ranging from "Nothing" to "Very much". After these 5 questions a follow up question "do you know what type of treatment you want?", answered either "yes", "no", or "don't know", is asked. If the answer is "yes" the patient is prompted to write what it is that they want. measured on T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks)
Secondary Patient enablement To measure patient enablement the PEN-13 will be used. The PEN-13 is a 13 item questionnaire which measure patient enablement across two domains (patient practitioner interaction and self management). The answers are given on a five-point Likert scale (strongly disagree, disagree, neither/nor, agree, and strongly agree). measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Secondary Level of functioning Work and social adjustment, or level of functioning, is measured by the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS). The WSAS have five items that measure functioning across different domains: Work, home management, social leisure activities, private leisure activities, and close relationships. Each question is answered on a 0 to 8 scale, where 0 means "not at all" impaired, and 8 means "very severely" impaired. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Secondary Mental health Mental health will be measured the Patient Health questionnaire 4. A four-item questionnaire with two items measuring the severity of anxiety symptoms and two items measuring the severity of depression symptoms. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Secondary Perceived stress Perceived stress will be measured by Perceived stress Scale-4, which comprise of four items scored on a five-point ordinal scale scored 0-4. Answers range from Never to very often. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Secondary Health related Quality of life Health related quality of life will be measured with the EQ-5D-5L. This questionnaire measure health related quality of life with five items, where each items prompts the patient to evaluate their "problem level" across a specific domain (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression). Question responses are ordinal and include "no problems", "slight problems", "moderate problems", "severe problems" and "extreme problems". Respondents are also asked to rate their health on a 0-100 scale. measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Secondary Intentions for patient involvement Intentions for patient involvement were measured by asking the question "How much do you want to participate in decisions related to your treatment measured on a six point ordinal scale ranging from "nothing" to "very much". measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks), T2 (after intervention; up to 8 weeks), T3 (12 months follow up; up to 60 weeks)
Secondary Expectations To investigate patients' expectations about the interventions an open question "What are your expectations for this intervention". measured on T0 (baseline; at 0 weeks), T1 (after randomization, before intervention; up to 2 weeks)
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