Clinical trial NCT05686304: Effectiveness of Internet-based Self-help Money Management Program Among Adult With Severe Mental Illness
Official title: Effectiveness of Internet-based Self-help Money Management Program in Increasing in Financial Self-efficacy Among the Adult Population With Severe Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Severe Mental Illness
Keywords: Money Management Program
Lead sponsor: Education University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
First posted: 2023-01-17
Enrollment: 130
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This experimental study aims to develop an internet-based self-help money management program that improve financial self-efficacy and its associated adverse outcomes among adult population with severe mental illness. In particular, this study compares the efficacy of the internet-delivered self-help money management program with the wait-list control group.

The online money management program course will consist of 4 weekly modules, incorporating the key components of money management and the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO). The program include the concept of money management, money management skill, and risk of financial exploitation. The main component of each module will be presented in video format, quiz, and homework. Materials will be presented interactively to facilitate engagement.

Detailed description: Money management is necessary for people with severe mental illness (SMI) to live safely in the community. Collective evidence has suggested that mental disorder leads to drift into poverty, is strong. Most of them struggle to meet basic needs with their existing income. Financial instability has been consistently linked to an increased risk of relapse. This experimental study aims to develop an internet-based self-help money management program that improve financial self-efficacy and its associated adverse outcomes among adult population with severe mental illness. Its efficacy will be compared with the wait-list control group. We hypothesized that (1) participants who received a money management program will improve financial self-efficacy after the intervention as compared with the wait-list controls; (2) participants from the money management program will have better financial well-being after the intervention as compared with the wait-list controls.

The online money management program course will consist of 4 weekly modules, incorporating the key components of money management and the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), including the concept of money management, money management skill, and risk of financial exploitation. Each module will consist of the main component presented in video format, quiz, and homework. Materials will be presented interactively to facilitate engagement.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Hong Kong residents
* Age ≥18 years
* Carrying a diagnosis of mental illness
* Being able to read Chinese
* Have a computer, tablet and/or smartphone device with Internet access
* Willing to give informed consent and comply with the trial protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

Nil

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Financial Self-Efficacy on the Financial Self-Efficacy Scale at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention, Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Financial Behaviour at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention, Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Financial Attitude at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention and Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Financial Well-Being on the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention and Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Psychological Wellbeing on the World Health Organisation-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention and Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Anxiety Symptom on the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention and Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Depressive Symptom on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention and Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Assessment in Quality of Life on the Twelve-Item Short-Form (SF-12) Health Survey at Post-Intervention Assessment and Follow-up Assessment
timeFrame: Before intervention and Immediately after intervention, and 4 weeks after intervention
measure: Treatment adherence at the Interview after Post-Intervention Assessment
timeFrame: Immediately after Post-Intervention Assessment
measure: Treatment satisfaction at the Interview after Post-Intervention Assessment
timeFrame: Immediately after Post-Intervention Assessment
measure: Treatment satisfaction on the internet (Acceptability of the Internet for delivering online programs) at the Interview after Post-Intervention Assessment
timeFrame: Immediately after Post-Intervention Assessment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: The Education University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: The Education University of Hong Kong
name: Kevin, Ka Shing CHAN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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