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NCT number NCT05703711
Other study ID # STUDY00015549
Secondary ID 1R01MH127531-01A
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 30, 2023
Est. completion date May 31, 2027

Study information

Verified date August 2023
Source University of Washington
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.


Description:

The study involves deployment of an intervention in Ghanian prayer camps where traditional and faith healers provide care for people with mental illness. The intervention has two components: a visiting nurse that provides medications to patients staying at the prayer camps combined with a smartphone app called M-Healer that is used by the staff working at the camps. The app is designed to provide them with training on how to deliver some psychosocial interventions, monitor the health and well-being of their patients, and protect human rights at the camps. The stepped-wedge cluster randomized study design involves all participant groups beginning the trial receiving enhanced usual care with random sequential crossover of groups to the experimental condition until all groups have been exposed to the full intervention. Throughout the study, participant data will be collected at baseline, mid-treatment, and post-treatment. Following study completion, the intervention will be evaluated by comparing changes in psychiatric symptoms of participants from baseline to post-treatment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 360
Est. completion date May 31, 2027
Est. primary completion date May 31, 2027
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - 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 Criteria: - Serious physical illness or in need of urgent medical attention

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
mHealer
MHealer is a software application installed on smartphones that provides psychosocial treatment support and patient condition tracking.

Locations

Country Name City State
Ghana University of Ghana Accra

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Washington National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ghana, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Psychiatric symptoms Change in psychiatric symptoms of study participants as measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
Primary Depressive symptoms Change in depressive symptoms of participants as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks
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