Evaluating a Novel Mobile App for Social Cognition in Psychosis
Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Novel Mobile Intervention Targeting Social Cognition in Individuals With Psychosis
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interventional
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Brief Summary
To develop, and then evaluate a mobile phone app to deliver therapy homework activities between group sessions (social cognition intervention) in individuals with psychosis. The investigators are interested in whether offering homework via an app is a) feasible, and b) acceptable. The investigators will also assess whether there is an initial indication that offering homework via the app improves outcomes following the group therapy.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Aug 2018
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 17, 2018
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 30, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 8, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 8, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 7, 2020
CompletedFebruary 7, 2020
August 1, 2018
7 months
August 17, 2018
February 6, 2020
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Semi-Structured Qualitative interview: Service user acceptability
Service user satisfaction as assessed by qualitative interview.
End of therapy (4 weeks)
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task
End of therapy (4 weeks)
Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Task
End of therapy (4 weeks)
Hinting Task
End of therapy (4 weeks)
Empathy Quotient
End of therapy (4 weeks)
Work and Social Adjustment Scale
End of therapy (4 weeks)
Study Arms (1)
Social Cognition Group
EXPERIMENTALSocial Cognition Group
Interventions
Each session lasts 90 minutes and includes three 20-minute work packages tapping different social cognition skills; specifically affect recognition and theory of mind/mental state attribution in this study. Examples of the work packages include guessing the emotions of others based on their facial expressions, activities such as indicating how confident participants feel about guessing emotions when looking at more ambiguous pictures, and watching/discussing video clips with content relevant to the group.
The novel homework app was designed to deliver tasks to the participants between group therapy sessions. Three types of task were delivered by the app; 'Stories', 'Emotions', and 'Facts and Guesses'. The 'Stories' task was designed to encourage participants to think about how thoughts, emotions and actions interact. Participants were presented with a short vignette and asked to identify the emotion or behaviour of a character. 'Emotions' aimed to target affect perception by presenting faces of different emotion presentations and asking clients to select the correct emotion from a list of three, whilst 'Facts and Guesses' aimed to address difficulties with jumping to conclusions in social situations by showing clients a photograph of a social situation and asking them to determine whether a given statement about the photo was a "fact" or a "guess". Confidence in answers was also assessed in order to encourage flexible thinking.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- A diagnosis on the psychosis spectrum (using either DSM 5, DSM-IV, or ICD-10 \[F20-F29\])
- Age 18-65 years
- Good command of the English language
- Premorbid IQ of over 70
- Owns a smartphone or willing to use a study smartphone for the required period
- Likely to benefit from social cognition intervention as assessed by clinical team \[for intervention part\].
You may not qualify if:
- Lacks capacity to give informed consent to participate in research
- Poses significant risk to self or others
- Inability to understand verbal or written English (i.e. inability to understand information sheet or requires an interpreter).
- High levels of psychotic symptoms which precludes meaningful participation
- Unsuitable to attend groups (group-therapy part only)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
King's College London
London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Matteo Cella, PhD
King's College London
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 17, 2018
First Posted
February 7, 2020
Study Start
August 30, 2018
Primary Completion
April 8, 2019
Study Completion
April 8, 2019
Last Updated
February 7, 2020
Record last verified: 2018-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share