Volunteering in Mental Health

Costa, Mariana Pinto da; Foster, Rhiannon; Gillard, Steven; Priebe, Stefan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70134-9_72-1

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“…Health-promotion interventions that increase engagement in lifestyle changes can offer potential health benefits across the lifespan, including to people with severe mental illness (SMI) ( 1 ). Amongst such interventions, one-to-one face-to-face volunteering in mental health, which already exists in the community, can be a way to promote social relationships in patients and positive attitudes toward people with SMI in volunteers ( 2 , 3 ). Current evidence indicates improvements in patients' and volunteers' physical and mental health ( 4 , 5 ).…”

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Volunteering via Smart-Phone for People With Psychosis—Protocol of a Feasibility Trial

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2021

Front. Psychiatry

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The literature suggests that volunteering can be used to address social isolation and support patients with psychosis in the community. However, many expect in person meetings, requiring a greater effort of availability and commitment. There is therefore a need for more flexible, easily accessible support. Volunteering via smart-phone could be a useful intervention for people with psychosis. One patient and one volunteer have been matched for a duration of 12 weeks, and participants have been encouraged to communicate through a variety of communication methods (audio calls, video calls, text messages, WhatsApp messages and e-mails). The Phone Pal study aimed to investigate the feasibility of recruitment, participant retention, data collection procedures, intervention usage of the methods of communication and changes in outcome data. At baseline and follow-up outcome measures collected from patients and volunteers included their quality of life, physical activity, self-esteem and social comparison. Additional outcomes assessed patients' attachment, social contacts and symptoms; for volunteers, their social distance was evaluated. At follow-up both patients and volunteers rank their perception of their relationship with each other. This mixed method feasibility study has been conducted in two phases, the first stage evaluating a smaller sample of patients and volunteers recruited in London, and then a second phase with a larger sample of volunteers recruited from across the United Kingdom.Trial registration: ISRCTN17586238.

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Volunteering via Smart-Phone for People With Psychosis—Protocol of a Feasibility Trial

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2021

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Experiences of peer workers and mental health service users with a peer support intervention: applying and critiquing a behaviour change techniques taxonomy

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Advances in Mental Health

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An Intervention to Connect Patients With Psychosis and Volunteers via Smartphone (the Phone Pal): Development Study (Preprint)

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2021

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BACKGROUND Intervention development is a critical stage. However, evidence indicates that the substandard reporting of intervention details is widespread. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to provide an overview of the guiding frameworks, methodology, and stages for the design and construction of a new complex intervention—the Phone Pal. METHODS The intervention development process followed the Medical Research Council framework for developing complex interventions as well as the person-based approach. The intervention was developed following the 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, intervention, mechanisms of change, and short- and long-term outcomes. The operationalized intervention required matching 1 patient with 1 volunteer to communicate with each other through a smartphone via SMS text messages, WhatsApp messages or email, and audio or video calls. Each participant was encouraged to communicate with their match at least once per week for a 12-week period using informal conversation. 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 the operationalization of a digital intervention using multiple components.

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Volunteering in Mental Health

Cited by 3 publications

References 103 publications

Volunteering via Smart-Phone for People With Psychosis—Protocol of a Feasibility Trial

Volunteering via Smart-Phone for People With Psychosis—Protocol of a Feasibility Trial

Experiences of peer workers and mental health service users with a peer support intervention: applying and critiquing a behaviour change techniques taxonomy

An Intervention to Connect Patients With Psychosis and Volunteers via Smartphone (the Phone Pal): Development Study (Preprint)

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