E-IMR: e-health added to face-to-face delivery of Illness Management & Recovery programme for people with severe mental illness, an exploratory clustered randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

E-mental health holds promise for people with severe mental illness, but has a limited evidence base. This study explored the effect of e-health added to face-to-face delivery of the Illness Management and Recovery Programme (e-IMR).

Method

In this multi-centre exploratory cluster randomized controlled trial, seven clusters (n = 60; 41 in intervention group and 19 in control group) were randomly assigned to e-IMR + IMR or IMR only. Outcomes of illness management, self-management, recovery, symptoms, quality of life, and general health were measured at baseline (T₀), halfway (T₁), and at twelve months (T₂). The data were analysed using mixed model for repeated measurements in four models: in 1) we included fixed main effects for tim

SUBMITTER: Beentjes TAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292084 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature