Combining mHealth and Nurse-delivered Care to Improve the Outcomes of People With Serious Mental Illness in West Africa
Recruiting · NCT05703711 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Washington
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
mHealer
What this trial is about
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.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
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
Where it is running
2 locations listed.
- University of Ghana - Accra, Ghana
- University of Ghana - Accra, Ghana