Specialty: Mental health, Primary sub-specialty: Study not assigned to a MH Clinical Studies Group
Conditions
Interventions
At the point of referral into a participating IAPT service eligible patients will be allocated at random through a statistical randomisation procedure implemented by Mayden. Patients will be allocated
Sponsors
The Behavioural Insights Team
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient has been referred to a participating IAPT service during the recruitment period of the trial period 2. Patient has consented to receive SMS communication from their IAPT service 3. Patient has supplied a valid mobile phone number to their IAPT service
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Whether a patient completes 2 or more appointments, routinely collected by the IAPT service and uploaded to Mayden the iaptus service provider, collected at the end of the trial | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient has unscheduled dropout from treatment, routinely collected by the IAPT service and uploaded to Mayden the iaptus service provider, collected at the end of the trial 2. Patient completes treatment, routinely collected by the IAPT service and uploaded to Mayden the iaptus service provider, collected at the end of the trial 3. Mental health outcomes (anxiety and depression), assessed using the PHQ-9 and/or the GAD-7 at the first and the last appointment | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed