NCT04379349

Using Short Message Service as a Means of Clinical Engagement in Early Psychosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Engagement with clinical services for youth with early psychosis represents a significant challenge, with up to 40% of patients dropping out of treatment in the first year. This has been linked to worse illness outcomes and represents a significant barrier to recovery for these patients. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of short message service (SMS) as a means of improving clinical engagement in early-episode psychosis populations by bridging contact between appointments with weekly check-ins/reminders. These weekly check-ins during the first year of treatment will serve as an additional opportunity to reach out to patients and give them a chance to do the same with their care teams, with patient responses triggering clinician follow-up if necessary.

Conditions

• Psychotic Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SMS text messaging - interactive check-in	Interactive SMS text message check-ins delivered once weekly to participants.
BEHAVIORAL	SMS text messaging - inactive control	Minimally interactive SMS text message delivered once weekly to participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-31
• Completion: 2020-03-31
• First posted: 2020-05-07
• Last updated: 2020-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada