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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Maritta Välimäki, PhD, RN
Professor
Nurse manager, Hospital District of Southwest Finland
mava@utu.fi
tel.int +358-2-333 8495

CO-INVESTIGATORS

Heli Hätönen
Minna Anttila

AIM

To evaluate the impact of semi-automated telephone text messages (SMS) to encourage compliance and to follow up with patients with psychosis.

CONTENT

development of text-based intervention to support patient’s compliance into their treatment
evaluation of effects of text-messages into patient’s treatment compliance
estimation of usability, acceptability and cost of the intervention

IMPLICATIONS

knowledge of how multi-center randomized controlled trials (RCT) are realised in clinical practise
information about recruitment variation between study organisations
information about the flexibility required when developing SMS services to be appropriate for the users

MASTER’S THESIS

Kaisa Kauppi

Students
Kati Kannisto
Otto Huttunen
Joonas Korhonen

COLLABORATORS

University of Nottingham, Mental Health Service Research, Division of Psychiatry, UK
Ciegus Ltd Oy
ITU ry

FUNDERS

The Hospital District of Southwest Finland
Academy of Finland