Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia
Conditions
Brief summary
Moma call center will provide unique service -Remote monitoring and support for mental health patients .The aim of this reserch is reducing hospitalization and improve adherence, by reaching out and there for monitoring very closely .
Detailed description
Moma call center is a result of collaboration between Maccabi Health Services and The Gertner Institute of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research. The call center provides remote continuous monitoring and support for patients with chronic illnesses, and has been found useful for improvement in treatment adherence and other clinical measures in patients with diabetes and CHF. The current project focuses on patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder. Patients that suffer from these disorders are prone to low adherence and are at risk for discontinuation of treatment and frequent relapses. The advantages of the Moma call-center include high availability, reaching out, collaboration between treatment centers and agents, and continuous remote monitoring. We hypothesize that these factors will enable improvement of support provided to these patients, early detection of their needs, connection with community care agents, monitoring of treatment adherence, and remote interventions targeted towards prevention of relapse.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALintervention for improvement of adherence
intervention for improvement of adherence
BEHAVIORALtreatment as usual
The control group will be treated according to the usual stadard of care.
Sponsors
Sheba Medical Center
Assuta Hospital Systems
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Men & women, 1. age 18-60 , 2. Maccabi Health service patients with diagnosis of: schizophrenia, Schizo - effective or Bipolar Dis. 3. Must have 30 days or more of hospitalization (during 3 years). Treated with psychiatric medication. 4. Living independently or with a help of a caregiver. 5. Is able to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
1. Violent, or suicidal. 2. Drug\\ Alcohol, addiction, 3. End stage Disease (Cancer, ESRF act.) 4. Non - in depended and without Care giver/legal guardian
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of days of hospitalization | through study competion ,an average of 1 year. |
Contacts
Primary ContactMeytal L Kahlon, MA
Backup ContactYifat L Danon, MA
Outcome results
None listed