Digital Navigators for Acceptance and Competence Development with Mental Health Apps
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if and how so called "Digital Navigators" (DN) can help general practitioners, outpatient psychiatrists and psychologists as well as their treated patients to use digital mental health apps (DiGAs) and integrate it into their treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* What are the chances and implementation barriers of DN? * What are the acceptance and expectations towards DN? * Do DN affect the psychological health of patients? * Do DN affect the digital health literacy and technical competence of participants?
Employees of medical teams (e.g. medical assistants) receive training to become a DN. Afterwards patients are accompanied and supported by the DN for 12 weeks to select and use a suitable app for their mental disorder.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Main diagnosis according to ICD 10 F00-F69, F80-F99
Capacity to consent is given
Sufficient language skills for an interview in German
Participants have access to modern digital hardware (smartphone)
Disqualifiers
Acute danger to self or others
Patients have received prompt (<= 3 weeks) qualified psychiatric or psychotherapeutic treatment
Severe organic brain diseases with cognitive deficits
Intellectual disability
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Support from Digital Navigators to Treatment Team
- Support from Digital Navigators to Patients
- Training for Digital Navigators
Treatment groups
116 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane
Lead sponsor
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Collaborator
Hannover Medical School
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov