Health Condition 1: F31- Bipolar disorder Health Condition 2: F333- Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms Health Condition 3: F323- Major depressive disorder, singleepisode, severe with psychotic features Health Condition 4: F20- Schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: mobile phone-based text messages: The intervention group will receive text message reminders regarding the follow-up dates and medication adherence. The intervention group will receive
Sponsors
JIPMER
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, Severe depression with psychotic symptoms admitted to inpatient department of Psychiatry, JIPMER,Puducherry 2. At least six months of duration of illness
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients/Caregivers without access to mobile phones 2. Patients/Caregivers who cannot read Tamil/English 3. Patients with organic psychosis 4. Psychosis due to substance use 5. Refusal to give informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time to drop out (i.e treatment engagement) is the primary outcome over the study period of 12 monthsTimepoint: 1 week, 3rd week, 5th week, 3rd month onwards monthly till the 12th month (study end point) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Six-month trends in medication adherence, insight, and functioning among inpatients with severe mental illnesses after discharge from inpatient setting in intervention versus control groupTimepoint: The patient will be assessed at baseline, eight weeks and six months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactNatarajan Varadharajan
JIPMER
Outcome results
None listed