Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Nov 20, 2021
Date Accepted: Mar 17, 2022
The development of an intervention to connect patients with psychosis and volunteers via smart-phone – the Phone Pal
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Intervention development is a critical stage. This article provides an overview of the guiding frameworks, methodology and stages for the design and construction of a new complex intervention – the Phone Pal.
Methods:
Intervention development followed the MRC framework for developing complex interventions as well as the person-based approach. The intervention was developed following evidence synthesis of a literature review, a focus group study and a survey, after consultation and input from advisory groups with a range of stakeholders, including patients, volunteers, clinicians and academics.
Results:
The developed logic model outlines the contextual factors, the intervention, the mechanisms of change, and the short and long-term outcomes. The operationalised intervention required matching one patient with one volunteer to communicate with each other through a smart-phone, via text, WhatsApp messages or e-mails, audio or video calls. Each participant was encouraged to communicate with their match at least once per week, using informal conversation, for a 12-week period.
Conclusions:
The systematic process and theoretically sound strategy through which this intervention was developed can provide insights to future researchers on the reality of developing and preparing operationalisation of a digital intervention using multiple components.
Citation
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