Examining a Digital Health Approach for Advancing Schizophrenia Illness Self-Management and Provider Engagement: Protocol for a Feasibility Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In schizophrenia spectrum populations, adherence to treatment is poor, community-based supports are limited, and efforts to foster illness self-management have had limited success. These challenges contribute to frequent, lengthy, and costly hospital readmissions and poor functional outcomes. Digital health strategies, in turn, hold considerable promise in the effort to address these problems.

Objective

This feasibility trial will examine a digital health platform called App4Independence (A4i), which was designed to enhance illness self-management and treatment engagement for individuals with schizophrenia.

Methods

Feasibility metrics in this single-blind, randomized trial include study recruitment and retention, rate of technology use, safety, and utility

SUBMITTER: Kidd S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature