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| Title |
Improving adherence in mental health service users with severe mental illness in South Africa: a pilot randomized controlled trial of a treatment partner and text message intervention vs. treatment as usual
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-2915-z |
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| Authors |
Goodman Sibeko, Henk Temmingh, Sumaya Mall, Peter Williams-Ashman, Graham Thornicroft, Ezra S. Susser, Crick Lund, Dan J. Stein, Peter D. Milligan |
| Abstract |
Medication non-adherence is a significant problem in treatment of severe mental disorders and is associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased demand on services. Task-shifting interventions incorporating mobile health may improve adherence in mental health service users in low- and middle-income countries. Seventy-seven participants were recruited from a psychiatric hospital in Cape Town, with 42 randomized to receive the intervention and 35 to treatment as usual. Intervention pairs underwent treatment-partner contracting and psychoeducation, and received monthly text message reminders of clinic appointments. Primary outcomes were intervention acceptability and feasibility. Secondary outcome for efficacy were adherence to clinic visit; relapse; quality of life; symptomatic relief and medication adherence. Treatment partner and psychoeducation components were acceptable and feasible. The text message component was acceptable but not feasible in its current form. Efficacy outcomes favoured the intervention but did not reach statistical significance. A treatment-partner intervention is acceptable and feasible in a low- and middle-income setting. Work is needed to ensure that additional components of such interventions are tailored to the local context. Appropriately powered efficacy studies are needed. Trial Registration PACTR PACTR201610001830190, Registered 21 October 2016 (Retrospectively registered). |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Netherlands | 1 | 50% |
| Finland | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 180 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 29 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 9% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 26 | 14% |
| Unknown | 66 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 17% |
| Psychology | 21 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Unknown | 71 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 November 2017.
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#13,881,544
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#1,806
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#173,555
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#54
of 158 outputs
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