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NCT Number: NCT07276321

Preliminary Efficacy of an mHealth Intervention in West Africa

We are conducting a pilot feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial of a digital intervention for serious mental illness in West Africa.

Participants will be recruited from a large psychiatric hospital in Ghana and randomized into one of three study conditions: 1) Treatment as usual; 2) FOCUS intervention; 3) G-FOCUS intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18 years of age or older
  • Speaks English
  • Outpatient receiving care at Accra Psychiatric Hospital
  • Diagnosis of Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder
  • Owns a mobile device capable of downloading smartphone applications

Exclusion criteria

  • Hearing, vision, or motor impairment that would hamper their ability to participate in data collection
  • Serious intellectual or developmental disability that would hamper their ability to participate in data collection

Treatment and study plan

G-FOCUS

Other

A cultural adaption of an evidence-based (USA populations tested) digital tool for serious mental illness

FOCUS

Other

An evidence-based (USA populations tested) digital tool for serious mental illness.

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

    Depressive symptoms.

  2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7)

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

    Anxiety severity

  3. Revised Green et al Paranoid Thoughts Scale

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

  4. Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Alexa Beaulieu

CONTACT

[email protected]

253 261-8661

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Dec 11, 2025
Registry last updated
Dec 11, 2025

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