WeChat: An applicable and flexible social app software for mobile teaching

Tu, Shuo; Yan, Xiaohua; Jie, Kemin; Ying, Muying; Huang, ChunHong

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“…93% of urban users log into WeChat every day [20] .WeChat features diverse platforms such as Moments, Chat group and WeChat Official Account (WOA) and boasts of multiple powerful functions including voice and text messaging, voice and video calls, photo sharing, payment and games. Due to its wide range of platforms and functions, WeChat has been dubbed China's 'app for everything' and characterized as "4A" (Anybody, Anytime, Anywhere, Anything) [21,22]. The seamless infiltration of WeChat into every aspect of human life suggests a promising and costeffective medium for health intervention delivery.…”

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Assessing a WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) for schizophrenia: protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

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Background Schizophrenia is a persistent and debilitating mental illness, whose prognosis depends largely on supportive care and systematic treatment. In 2016, the Chinese government instituted a Reward Policy to financially support family caregiving of serious mental illness, including schizophrenia. However, family caregivers are still faced with many other challenges, such as lack of knowledge about serious mental illness, skills specific to family caregiving, social support, and other resources to assist with caring for a family member with schizophrenia. How to support family caregiving in an accessible, affordable, feasible and cost-effective way remains unresolved. The wide spread use of WeChat provides a promising and cost-effective medium for health intervention delivery. The current study aims to assess a WeChat WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) embedded in the Reward Policy to support family caregiving of schizophrenia. Methods We will conduct a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study to test both the effect of and the implementation process of the WIFI program. The program will include three core components: 1) psycho-education through WeChat Official Account (WOA), 2) peer support through WeChat chat group, and 3) professional support through WeChat video chat. A rigorous stepped wedge cluster randomized trial will be used to evaluate the implementation, effectiveness, and cost of the WIFI program. The WIFI program will be implemented in 12 communities affiliated with the Changsha psychiatric hospital through the free medicine delivery process in the 686 Program. The 12 communities will be randomized to one of four fixed sequences every two months during an 8-month intervention period in four clusters of 3 communities each. All clusters will receive the usual financial benefit of the Reward Policy as the control condition, and then successively and in random order, will cross over to the WIFI intervention at 2-month intervals until the study ends. Outcomes will be assessed for both family caregivers and the family member with schizophrenia. Family caregivers will be assessed for their knowledge and skills about caregiving, social support and coping, perceived stigma, caregiver burden, family functioning, positive feelings, and psychological distress. Schizophrenia individuals will be assessed for their symptoms and functioning, quality of life, recovery and rehospitalization. Cost data such as costs of the intervention, health care utilization, and costs associated with lost productivity will also be collected. In addition, we will collect process data including fidelity and quality of program implementation as well as users’ attitudes will also be collected. Treatment effects will be estimated using generalized linear maximum likelihood mixed modeling (GLMM) with clusters as a random effect and time as a fixed effect. Cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed from the societal perspective using incremental cost effectiveness ratios (ICERs). Qualitative analysis will use the grounded theory approach and immersion-crystallization process. All statistical analyses will be conducted according to the intention-to-treat principle. Discussion This is the first hybrid effectiveness-implementation study to test a WeChat-based mHealth intervention to support family caregiving of schizophrenia in China. The innovative study will contribute to the development of a more cost-effective and evidence-based family management model in the community for schizophrenia individuals. If found to be effective, the intervention could potentially be integrated into current national policy to support family caregiving. The intervention could also be adapted for use with other populations with a persistent and disabling condition.

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Assessing a WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) for schizophrenia: protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

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“…While signi cant advances have been made in medical education in recent years, increasing opportunities for mutual learning about and joint solutions to the demands of medicine are facilitated by the intensi cation of technology and the related ease of global knowledge sharing 1,6 . To be sure, the vigorous development of computer science and arti cial intelligence (AI) extensively in uence medical learning and teaching [7][8][9][10][11][12] . Meanwhile, the quantity of research on medical education has increased rapidly over the past several decades.…”

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Medical Education Research Trends, 1989–2018: A Bibliometric and Social Network Analysis

Li¹,

Huang²,

Guan³

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Background We are now in the third generation of medical education reform. To fully grasp this transformation, we need to identify the field’s knowledge structure. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis to discover the general publication statue during the last three decades (1989–2018) with an eye for identifying prolific institutions, core journals, international collaboration, and the evolution of key themes.Methods We retrieved 15,329 papers from the Web of Science Core Collection database that were published between 1989 and 2018 , and we analysed them to determine prolific institutions, core journals, institutional collaboration statue, and hot spots of research. R studio, SciMAT, and VOSviewer were jointly applied. For a better understanding of thematic evolution in the field, we split the study period into three sub-periods with equal time spans.Results We discovered that, worldwide, scholars are increasingly attracted to research on medical education. Medical Education is the most prolific journal in the field. While the US publishes an overwhelming proportion of the most relevant papers, articles published by the UK are, on average, most frequently cited. We identify five key research centres based on the most prolific academic institutions, and our analysis of relevant collaborations reveals that international collaboration is common. The hottest themes during each sub-period are revealed and how they evolve across different time spans are also detected.Conclusions This bibliometric study identifies the scientific structure of medical education research over the past three decades. Ultimately, it may help scholars identify new topics and future research challenges in this field and, moreover, highlight meaningful evidence for policymakers in the field of medical teaching innovation.

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“…WeChat features diverse platforms, such as moments, chat group, and WeChat official account (WOA), and boasts of multiple powerful functions including voice and text messaging, voice and video calls, photo sharing, payment, and games. Owing to its wide range of platforms and functions, WeChat has been dubbed China’s “app for everything” and has been characterized as “4A” (anybody, anytime, anywhere, and anything) [ 21 , 22 ]. The seamless integration of WeChat into every aspect of human life makes it a promising and cost-effective medium for health intervention delivery.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing a WeChat-Based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

Yu¹,

Li²,

Xi³

et al. 2020

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Background Schizophrenia is a persistent and debilitating mental illness, and its prognosis depends largely on supportive care and systematic treatment. In developing countries like China, families constitute the major caregiving force for schizophrenia and are faced with many challenges, such as lack of knowledge, skills, and resources. The approach to support family caregiving in an accessible, affordable, feasible, and cost-effective way remains unclear. The wide-spread use of WeChat provides a promising and cost-effective medium for support. Objective We aim to present a protocol for assessing a WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) to support family caregiving for schizophrenia. Methods We will develop a WIFI program that includes the following three core components: (1) psychoeducation (WeChat official account), (2) peer support (WeChat chat group), and (3) professional support (WeChat video chat). A rigorous stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial will be used to evaluate the implementation, effectiveness, and cost of the WIFI program. The WIFI program will be implemented in 12 communities affiliated with Changsha Psychiatric Hospital through the free medicine delivery process in the 686 Program. The 12 communities will be randomized to one of four fixed sequences every 2 months during an 8-month intervention period in four clusters of three communities each. Outcomes will be assessed for both family caregivers and people with schizophrenia. Family caregivers will be assessed for their knowledge and skills about caregiving, social support, coping, perceived stigma, caregiver burden, family functioning, positive feelings, and psychological distress. People with schizophrenia will be assessed for their symptoms, functioning, quality of life, recovery, and rehospitalization. Cost data, such as intervention costs, health care utilization costs, and costs associated with lost productivity, will be collected. Moreover, we will collect process data, including fidelity and quality of program implementation, as well as user attitude data. Treatment effects will be estimated using generalized linear maximum likelihood mixed modeling with clusters as a random effect and time as a fixed effect. Cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed from the societal perspective using incremental cost-effectiveness ratios. Qualitative analysis will use the grounded theory approach and immersion-crystallization process. Results The study was funded in August 2018 and approved by the institutional review board on January 15, 2019. Preliminary baseline data collection was conducted in May 2019 and completed in September 2019. The WIFI program is expected to start in September 2020. Conclusions This is the first study to assess a WeChat-based mHealth intervention to support family caregiving for schizophrenia in China. The innovative study will contribute to the development of a more cost-effective and evidence-based family management model in the community for people with schizophrenia, and the approach could potentially be integrated into national policy and adapted for use in other populations. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04393896; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04393896. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/18538

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WeChat: An applicable and flexible social app software for mobile teaching

Cited by 39 publications

References 3 publications

Assessing a WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) for schizophrenia: protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Assessing a WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) for schizophrenia: protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Medical Education Research Trends, 1989–2018: A Bibliometric and Social Network Analysis

Assessing a WeChat-Based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

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