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The study has been withdrawn due to significant changes in its scope, which no longer align with the original protocol.
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| Name | Class |
|---|---|
| Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | NETWORK |
| University of Plymouth | OTHER |
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Mental health concerns are a growing global concern, but support can still be difficult to access. Digital health technologies can help people access support, but with over 10,000 mental health apps available, it can be difficult to choose one that is safe, effective, and personalised. Syndi is a digital health platform that uses a machine learning system to provide personalised recommendations of mental health apps. This study aims to examine the impact of Syndi and its recommendations on the mental health and well-being of people with mental health concerns.
The investigators will use the standard National Health Service (NHS) Talking Therapies measures of anxiety and depression, as well as additional measures of wellbeing and functional impairment to look at the impact of Syndi on patients' mental well-being. The investigators will also look at user experience with Syndi using a survey. Users' engagement with Syndi and its recommended apps will be assessed using a short survey and some participants will be randomly selected for an interview so the investigators can get a better understanding of what people liked and disliked about using the platform and why.
The investigators expect that the project will show that using Syndi helps improve mental well-being in people with mental health concerns. If the study shows this positive impact, this will provide evidence to support the use of Syndi to improve the accessibility of mental health support in clinical pathways. The investigators will publish the results of the study in academic journals as well as in more accessible platforms.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syndi recommender system for mental health apps | Experimental | Syndi is a recommender system for mental health apps, delivered via a website. It guides users through a clinically-validated self-assessment and uses a machine learning system to provide personalised recommendations of independently-rated mental health tools. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Syndi recommender system for mental health apps | Device | Syndi is a mental health app recommendation system. It provides personalised suggestions of apps to help users self-manage their mental health based on a clinical assessment. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Depression Severity | Score on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), total scores range from 0 to 27 (higher scores indicate more severe depression) | 2 weeks and 3 months post-baseline |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Anxiety Severity | Score on the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), total scores range from 0 to 21 (higher scores indicate more severe anxiety) | 2 weeks and 3 months post-baseline |
| Mental Wellbeing |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Rohit Shankar, FRPsych | University of Plymouth | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lancashire | OL6 7SR | United Kingdom | ||
| Newcastle University |
Only the Academic CIs and their research staff will have access to research data.
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| ID | Term |
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| D003863 | Depression |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D000092862 | Psychological Well-Being |
| ID | Term |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D010549 | Personal Satisfaction |
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All participants will be given access to Syndi immediately
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As this is a single arm study, all participants will receive the intervention and no masking is required.
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Score on the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS), total scores range from 7 to 35 (higher scores indicate better wellbeing)
| 2 weeks and 3 months post-baseline |
| Functional Impairment | Score on the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS), total scores range from 0 to 40 (higher scores indicate higher functional impairment) | 2 weeks and 3 months post-baseline |
| Engagement with recommended apps | Self-report questionnaire about engagement with recommended apps (subjective, with questions about which apps were downloaded, how long they used it for, and how useful they found the app) | 2 weeks post-baseline |
| User experience with the Syndi recommender system | Score on a user experience questionnaire. Items were assessed individually on a scale from 1-5, with higher scores indicating better experience (negative items were reverse coded) | Immediately after app recommendations and at 2 weeks post-baseline |
| User perceptions of the system | Qualitative feedback from semi-structured interviews about Syndi | Semi-structured interview call, 2 months after start of the trial |
| User perceptions of the recommended apps | Qualitative feedback from semi-structured interviews about the apps recommended by Syndi | Semi-structured interview call, 2 months after start of the trial |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Tyne and Wear |
| NE1 7RU |
| United Kingdom |
| Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | Bodmin | PL31 2QN | United Kingdom |
| Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Exeter | EX2 5AF | United Kingdom |