Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03266614
"Recovery 4 US" - A Photovoice-based Social Media Program
"Recovery 4 US" - A Photovoice-based Social Media Program to Enhance the Recovery and Community Participation of Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 68 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study is a randomized trial evaluating "Recovery 4 US", a social media program aimed at the enhancement of community participation and overall recovery of individuals with psychiatric disabilities.This innovative e-mental health program integrates Internet and mobile technologies and is designed to be a self-sustaining recovery-oriented virtual community for individuals living with a disabling mental illness based on the principles of Photovoice.
Detailed description
This study is a randomized trial evaluating "Recovery 4 US", a social media program aimed at the enhancement of community participation and overall recovery of individuals with psychiatric disabilities.This innovative e-mental health program integrates Internet and mobile technologies and is designed to be a self-sustaining recovery-oriented virtual community for individuals living with a disabling mental illness based on the principles of Photovoice. The "Recovery 4 US" program which includes a mobile phone application and a password protected website, has three main components: 1) receipt of daily hope-inspiring message, paired with a corresponding visual image; 2) creation and viewing of recovery-oriented Photovoice works; and 3) opportunity to attend community events initiated by members of the "Recovery 4 US" community. The benefits of the "Recovery 4 US" program will be evaluated through a randomized trial with n=60 participants. The study will take place at the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Participants will be randomized to the experimental group (provided with a smartphone and access to "Recovery 4 US" application and website) or the control group (provided with a smartphone but without access to the "Recovery 4 US" app or website). We anticipate participation in the program will be associated with reduced loneliness, increased hopefulness, community participation, and overall recovery. The recruitment goal for this study was amended to n=70.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Recovery 4 Us | R4US is a social media program aimed at the enhancement of community participation and overall recovery of individuals with psychiatric disabilities. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-04-07
- Primary completion
- 2018-07-01
- Completion
- 2018-07-01
- First posted
- 2017-08-30
- Last updated
- 2018-11-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03266614. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.