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# Simple Mobile technology health management tool for people with severe mental illness: a randomised controlled feasibility trial
Frank Röhricht1,2*, Raguraman Padmanabhan1, Paul Binfield1, Deepa Mavji1 and Sally Barlow3
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- Current routine appointment systems do not sufficiently provide for immediate care needs in a timely fashion and patients have little control over their care arrangements, while the recovery care agenda empha- sised the importance of empowerment for people with SMI [12]
Methods
- Mixed method to determine the feasibility to conduct large-scale RCT
- Two trial arms
- Control group -- Recieved routine community mental health under Treatment as usual
- Intervention group - Recieved enhanced community care intervention that uses interactive SMS communication tools in addition to TAU