Affiliation:
1. Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Toronto , Canada
2. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada
3. Memotext Corporation , Toronto , Canada
4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada
Abstract
Abstract
Individuals with schizophrenia often demonstrate poor engagement in treatment and challenges with illness self-management. App4independence (A4i) is a digital health platform that was developed with the purpose of addressing the aforementioned challenges. While digital interventions can support patient care, there is a paucity of research on implementing such interventions in clinical settings. To describe the contextual factors that impacted the implementation of and engagement with A4i across three different clinical implementation sites, a descriptive approach, guided by implementation science frameworks, was employed to understand how people, culture, process, and technology impacted the implementation of A4i. Descriptive statistics were used to present user engagement data across each site implementation. Additionally, the lessons learned from each implementation were described narratively. Overall, 53 patients were onboarded to A4i in Context 1, 8 in Context 2, and 65 within Context 3, with retention rates over 90 days of 100%, 100%, and 96%, respectively. The adoption, engagement, and sustained use of the A4i platform varied across each implementation site and were affected by implementation strategies within the sociotechnical domains of people, culture, process, and technology. Despite differences in implementation processes, engagement with A4i remained consistently high. Customized educational materials, digital navigators, and technical support served as facilitators in the adoption of A4i.
Funder
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Applied Psychology
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