Table 3 Interest in digital mental health interventions among early psychosis patients (N = 121) and caregivers (N = 135) in Ghana.
From: Digital health for early psychosis in Ghana: patient and caregiver needs and preferences
Not at all | Slightly | Moderately | Very | Extremely | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | Patients | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Interest in a mobile app providing mental health support | 6 (4.4%) | 13 (11.1%) | 7 (5.2%) | 18 (15.4%) | 19 (14.1%) | 19 (16.2%) | 47 (34.8%) | 42 (35.9%) | 56 (41.5%) | 25 (21.4%) |
Interest in mobile app topics | ||||||||||
Information about | ||||||||||
Mental illness | 3 (2.3%) | 11 (9.5%) | 4 (3.0%) | 12 (10.3%) | 12 (9.0%) | 17 (14.7%) | 48 (36.1%) | 37 (31.9%) | 66 (49.6%) | 39 (33.6%) |
Medications | 4 (3.0%) | 7 (6.0%) | 6 (4.5%) | 12 (10.3%) | 14 (10.6%) | 18 (15.4%) | 45 (34.1%) | 39 (33.3%) | 63 (47.7%) | 41 (35.0%) |
Managing stress and improving mood | 3 (2.3%) | 6 (5.2%) | 5 (3.8%) | 11 (9.5%) | 17 (12.9%) | 16 (13.8%) | 42 (31.8%) | 39 (33.6%) | 65 (49.2%) | 44 (37.9%) |
Symptoms of psychosis (e.g., hearing voices, visual hallucinations) | 3 (2.3%) | 8 (6.9%) | 6 (4.6%) | 11 (9.5%) | 10 (7.6%) | 15 (12.9%) | 46 (35.1%) | 39 (33.6%) | 66 (50.4%) | 43 (37.1%) |
Counseling/therapies/psychological treatments | 5 (3.8%) | 10 (8.6%) | 6 (4.5%) | 7 (6.0%) | 21 (15.9%) | 21 (18.1%) | 42 (31.8%) | 38 (32.8%) | 58 (43.9%) | 40 (34.5%) |
Support tracking changes in | ||||||||||
Symptoms over time | 8 (6.1%) | 10 (8.6%) | 7 (5.3%) | 9 (7.8%) | 18 (13.6%) | 20 (17.2%) | 38 (28.8%) | 38 (32.8%) | 61 (46.2%) | 39 (33.6%) |
Progress toward goals | 8 (6.1%) | 9 (7.8%) | 4 (3.0%) | 7 (6.0%) | 23 (17.4%) | 23 (19.8%) | 40 (30.3%) | 39 (33.6%) | 57 (43.2%) | 38 (32.8%) |
Skill practices about | ||||||||||
Managing your stress and improving mood | 6 (4.5%) | 8 (7.0%) | 3 (2.3%) | 6 (5.2%) | 15 (11.4%) | 21 (18.3%) | 42 (31.8%) | 38 (33.0%) | 66 (50.0%) | 42 (36.5%) |
Relaxation | 4 (3.1%) | 11 (9.5%) | 4 (3.1%) | 12 (10.3%) | 20 (15.4%) | 18 (15.5%) | 42 (32.3%) | 41 (35.3%) | 60 (46.2%) | 34 (29.3%) |
Social relationships | 8 (6.1%) | 14 (12.2%) | 8 (6.1%) | 19 (16.5%) | 20 (15.3%) | 20 (17.4%) | 42 (32.1%) | 32 (27.8%) | 53 (40.5%) | 30 (26.1%) |
Help to communicate with your loved ones about psychosis | 7 (5.4%) | 15 (12.9%) | 9 (6.9%) | 11 (9.5%) | 21 (16.2%) | 22 (19.0%) | 39 (30.0%) | 37 (31.9%) | 54 (41.5%) | 31 (26.7%) |
Strategies to improve sleep | 4 (3.1%) | 9 (7.8%) | 6 (4.6%) | 13 (11.3%) | 18 (13.8%) | 17 (14.8%) | 42 (32.3%) | 41 (35.7%) | 60 (46.2%) | 35 (30.4%) |
Stories from other people like me | 24 (18.8%) | 26 (23.0%) | 7 (5.5%) | 11 (9.7%) | 30 (23.4%) | 22 (19.5%) | 26 (20.3%) | 28 (24.8%) | 41 (32.0%) | 26 (23.0%) |
Interest in mobile mental health intervention activities | ||||||||||
Watching videos | 4 (3.1%) | 6 (5.1%) | 2 (1.5%) | 5 (4.2%) | 7 (5.4%) | 9 (7.6%) | 44 (33.8%) | 38 (32.2%) | 73 (56.2%) | 60 (50.8%) |
Listening to audio (without video) | 5 (3.9%) | 14 (11.9%) | 8 (6.2%) | 13 (11.0%) | 14 (10.9%) | 19 (16.1%) | 48 (37.2%) | 33 (28.0%) | 54 (41.9%) | 39 (33.1%) |
Reading written text | 33 (25.2%) | 40 (33.9%) | 20 (15.3%) | 18 (15.3%) | 29 (22.1%) | 25 (21.2%) | 25 (19.1%) | 21 (17.8%) | 24 (18.3%) | 14 (11.9%) |
Completing written prompts in response to questions | 48 (37.5%) | 53 (46.1%) | 26 (20.3%) | 20 (17.4%) | 25 (19.5%) | 17 (14.8%) | 14 (10.9%) | 17 (14.8%) | 15 (11.7%) | 8 (7.0%) |
