Serious Mental Illness
Conditions
Keywords
Information and Communication Technology, Recovery, social connection, community participation
Brief summary
Participants will be given access to a tablet. With this technology, participants will be invited to set personal goals related to using this technology to foster social connection and community participation. Participants will attend a group led by two occupational therapy students and an occupational therapist focused on digital literacy and how to use technology to meet their goals. In the group, participants will learn how to use their device and how to safely access various online resources and tools to support their recovery. Participants will keep their provided devices upon conclusion of the group sessions. Participants will complete quantitative outcome measures at the start and end of the group intervention. Participants will be invited to attend a semi-structured interview one month after the completion of the group about their experiences with the program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALGroup ICT Intervention
Participants will be given access to a tablet. With this technology, participants will be invited to set personal goals related to using this technology to foster social connection and community participation. Participants will attend a group led by two occupational therapy students and an occupational therapist focused on digital literacy and how to use technology to meet their goals. In the group, participants will learn how to use their device and how to safely access various online resources and tools to support their recovery. Participants will keep their provided devices upon conclusion of the group sessions. Participants will complete quantitative outcome measures at the start and end of the group intervention. Participants will be invited to attend a semi-structured interview one month after the completion of the group about their experiences with the program.
Sponsors
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
McMaster University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Pilot evaluation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Specific inclusion criteria for participants in this study will include being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, living in the Hamilton area, ability to communicate in English, and having more than one episode of psychosis. Every effort will be made to recruit participants from study with HiREB approvals #17367 and #18549, as indicated in that study's previous consent form, for those that have consented to be contacted for future research.
Exclusion criteria
*
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Qualitative interviews | From end of group intervention to 3 months | The primary outcome is what participants will share regarding their experiences with the group intervention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) | From enrolment to end of 7-week group | Participants will write 1-3 goals regarding their access and use of technology, and rate their importance, satisfaction, and performance with these goals. |
| The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale (MTUAS) | From enrolment to end of 7 week group | Participants will rate their technology usage and attitudes towards technology |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactJaclin Vozza, MScOT, PhD Candidate
Backup ContactRebecca Gewurtz, PhD, MScOT
Outcome results
None listed