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NCT Number: NCT03053557

Testing a New Device to Advance the Use of Social Skills Training With Mental Health Consumers and Clinicians

This study aims to test a new device called the Social Skills Coach that is being created to help mental health consumers with social skills and community functioning. People diagnosed with schizophrenia and clinicians will be included as participants in this study. Mental health consumers (diagnosed with schizophrenia) will be randomly assigned to either test the new device or to participate in a social skills training course. Data will be collected from participants through surveys before participants either use the device or participate the course and afterwards. Individual interviews will be conducted with a sub sample of mental health consumers and clinicians. The study looks to test the credibility and acceptability of the new device to help mental health consumers and clinicians. it will also influence future research.

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Key information

Conditions

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Center for Social Innovation

Needham, Massachusetts, 02494, United States

About this study

This phase I pilot study tests the feasibility, credibility, and acceptability of the prototype version of Social Skills Coach in terms of its use among mental health consumers and clinicians. The intervention aims to improve social and daily living skills and community functioning among people diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. A mixed methods approach will be taken to collect quantitative data at baseline and follow-up. Quantitative data collection includes the use of surveys that comprise validated instruments. Qualitative data collection will occur at the end of the study and will include the use of semi-structured interviews to capture experiential information. Study participants will be randomly assigned to either a social skills training course (control group) or to a study arm using the Social Skills Coach program (treatment group). The study aims to demonstrate proof of concept for a larger effectiveness trial.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Chart diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder, ability to provide consent, and independent living in the community.
  • We will obtain written informed consent, and the consent procedure will include an evaluation of capacity to provide consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Under age 21 or not able to provide consent.

Treatment and study plan

Social Skills Coach

Behavioral

Social Skills Coach is a multi-platform interactive device that engages users with information and skills learned in social skills training programs. The program includes a web application and provider dashboard and encourages users to practice skills on the app and use them in the real world and then report how the application of skills was experienced.

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility: 90% recruitment, 75% data completed, 80% technical problems solved

    Time frame: 4 weeks post intervention

    Study Process: Recruitment, Retention, Troubleshooting

  2. Credibility: Mean greater than 6 on Expectancy Rating Scale

    Time frame: 4 weeks post intervention

    Expectancy Rating Scale collected from client participants

  3. Acceptability: 80% of participants engage at least once; 50% of group attendees enter personalized goals; 50% of participants enter an evaluation goal

    Time frame: 4 weeks post intervention

    Web diagnostics and through Qualitative interviews with client participants and SST trainer participants

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Center for Social Innovation, Massachusetts

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • University of Maryland
  • VA Maryland Health Care System

Registry information

Official study title

Social Skills Coach: An Innovative Multi-Platform Device to Address Social Impairments

Acronym: SST

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Feb 15, 2017
Registry last updated
Oct 9, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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