- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05103033
Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to Optimize the Task-shared Mental Health Treatment Cascade (SAIA-MH) (SAIA-MH)
Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to Optimize the Task-shared Mental Health Treatment Cascade (SAIA-MH): A Cluster Randomized Trial
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a multicomponent implementation strategy entitled the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for mental health (SAIA-M) using a cluster randomized trial at the health facility level. SAIA-MH focuses on improving the mental health treatment cascade in primary outpatient mental healthcare. The mental health treatment cascade is a model that outlines the sequential, linked treatment steps that people with mental illness must navigate, from initial diagnosis to symptom/function improvement.
This study will also assess the potential mechanisms by which the SAIA-MH implementation strategy works, or does not work, along with the cost and effectiveness of scaling-up SAIA-MH in Mozambique.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Due to a shortage of 1.2 million mental health (MH) workers across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), academic and policy leaders have advocated scaling-up task-sharing to lower-level providers to close the mental health care gap, which exceeds 90% in many LMICs. While task-sharing may increase access to care, limited attention has been paid to quality of care provided by lower-level providers. Task-shared outpatient management of mental health in Mozambique has shown low rates of retention in care (40%), medication adherence (<15%), and proportion of patients achieving function improvement (<5%). Similarly high rates of loss-to-follow-up, poor adherence, and poor patient outcomes have been reported across other LMICs. To our knowledge, there are no evidence-based implementation strategies targeting optimization of the MH treatment cascade in low-resource settings. This is an urgent need for the field of MH care delivery globally.
The MH treatment cascade is a model that outlines the sequential, linked treatment steps that people with mental illness must navigate, from initial diagnosis to symptom/function improvement. Quality problems in one step of a treatment cascade can have non-linear and compounding impacts across the larger complex care system. Implementation strategies focused on only one step in a cascade can potentially contribute to unintended system bottlenecks and quality of care issues. By contrast, the "Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA)" is a multicomponent implementation strategy focused on optimizing an entire treatment cascade. SAIA blends facilitation, enhanced local clinical consultation, and the creation of facility-level learning collaboratives with systems-engineering tools in a 5-step approach specifically developed for task-shared providers, which include: (1) cascade analysis to visualize treatment cascade drop-offs and prioritize areas for system improvements; (2) process mapping to identify modifiable facility-level bottlenecks; (3) identification and implementation of modifications to improve system performance; (4) assessment of modification effects on the cascade; and (5) repeated analysis and improvement cycles. A previous cluster RCT established effectiveness of SAIA for HIV treatment cascade improvement (R01HD075057; PI: Sherr). However, no effectiveness data exist on SAIA applied to other complex treatment cascades - such as task-shared MH care. Preliminary data suggest that applying SAIA to MH treatment cascade optimization (SAIA-MH; R21MH113691; PI: Wagenaar) is feasible, acceptable, and can result in clinically-significant treatment cascade improvements; Five months of SAIA-MH implementation resulted in a 1.5-fold increase in medication adherence (aOR: 1.5; CI: 1.2, 1.9) and a 3.7-fold increase in function improvement (aOR: 3.7; CI: 2.5, 5.4). These data suggest that SAIA-MH is a promising strategy for task-shared MH systems improvement globally. Our specific aims are to:
Primary Aim 1: Test the effectiveness of the SAIA-MH strategy using a pragmatic cluster RCT design and assess determinants of implementation success. The investigators will implement SAIA-MH using a 3-year parallel cluster RCT across 8 intervention and 8 attentional control facilities and evaluate effects on mental health function improvement (primary) and retention / medication adherence (secondary). Two years of study implementation will be followed by a 1-year maintenance phase to examine routine fidelity and sustainability. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) will be used to assess determinants of implementation success.
Secondary Aim 1: Test causal pathway models to analyze mechanisms of action for effects (or non-effects) of the SAIA-MH implementation strategy. Using 3-years of monthly data on strategy-mechanism linkages, moderators, preconditions, and outcomes for the full 8 intervention and 8 attentional control facilities, the investigators will examine causal pathway effect estimates using longitudinal structural equation modeling. Qualitative CFIR data from Primary Aim 1 will contextualize quantitative path analyses.
Specific Aim 2: Estimate the cost and cost-effectiveness of scaling-up SAIA-MH in Mozambique. The investigators will conduct micro-costing and time-and-motion observation of the SAIA-MH RCT to estimate costs of implementing the intervention. The investigators will construct a Markov model parameterized with cost and outcome data from the SAIA-MH RCT to project budget impact and cost-effectiveness for SAIA-MH scale-up to provincial and national levels.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Morgan Turner, LICSW, MAS
- Phone Number: 206-744-8493
- Email: morgank2@uw.edu
Study Locations
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Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- District Hospital Manica
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Manica
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Catandica, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- District Hospital Catandica
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Chimoio, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Nhamaonha
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Chimoio, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Vila Nova
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Gondola, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- District Hospital Gondola
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Macate, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Rural Health Center Macate
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Sussundenga, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Rural Health Center Sussundenga Sede
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Vanduzi, Manica, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Rural Health Center Vanduzi
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Sofala
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Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Chingussura
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Inhamizua
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Macurungo
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Mascarenhas
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Chibabava, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Hospital Muxúngue
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Dondo, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Rural Health Center Mafambisse
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Contact:
- Alberto C Muanido
- Phone Number: +258847484122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Dondo, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Urban Health Center Dondo Sede
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Contact:
- Alberto Muanido
- Phone Number: +258 84 74 84122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Nhamatanda, Sofala, Mozambique
- Recruiting
- Rural Hospital Nhamatanda
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Contact:
- Alberto Muanido
- Phone Number: +258 84 74 84122
- Email: amuanido@csm.org.mz
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria for Primary and Secondary Outcomes:
1. Patient diagnosed with a mental health condition in outpatient primary care, prescribed a medication, and given a follow-up date.
Exclusion Criteria for Primary and Secondary Outcomes:
- Patient enrolled in treatment outside of targeted mental health systems analysis and improvement approach (SAIA-MH) facilities.
- Patients not prescribed a medication.
- Patients not given a follow-up date.
Inclusion Criteria for Qualitative Interviews:
- Mental health workers currently working and collaborating on the treatment of outpatient mental health patients in target clinics in Sofala or Manica provinces, Mozambique.
- Mental health workers must be employed by Ministry of Health.
- Mental health managers or directors currently supervising mental health workers who are leading treatment of outpatient mental health patients in target clinics in Sofala or Manica provinces, Mozambique. Must be employed by the Ministry of Health.
Exclusion Criteria for Qualitative Interviews:
1. Health worker not involved in outpatient mental healthcare delivery. Health worker not employed by the Ministry of Health.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA) for mental health
Those receiving SAIA-MH will attend a 1-week in-person training for facility learning collaboratives.
Following the 1-week in-person training, SAIA-MH standard operating procedures will be implemented, including: (1) structured internal/external facilitation following tablet-based guides used in pilot study (1x per week first month; 2x per week for next two months; 1x per month for remainder); (2) facilitation in the 5-step SAIA-MH improvement process.
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The 5 steps of SAIA-MH include: (1) cascade analysis to visualize treatment cascade drop-offs and prioritize areas for system improvements; (2) process mapping to identify modifiable facility-level bottlenecks; (3) identification and implementation of modifications to improve system performance; (4) assessment of modification effects on the cascade; and (5) repeated analysis and improvement cycles.
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Other: Attentional Placebo Control
Control facilities will mimic activities of the intervention group in time and contacts, but without the "active ingredient" of the SAIA-MH implementation strategy
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Facilities randomized to attentional placebo control will attend a 1-week in-person training which will include the same minimum staff above for SAIA-MH.
This training will focus on reviewing data collection tools, ethics, mental health stigma and burnout for mental health professionals.
Following the 1-week in person training, attentional placebo control facilities will receive regular supervision following the same schedule as SAIA-MH focused on reviewing data collection tools.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Patient Function Improvement
Time Frame: data collection will occur over 6 months baseline, 24-month intervention and 12-month sustainment period
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Patient function improvement is evaluated for all patients diagnosed with a mental disorder, prescribed a medication, given a follow-up date, and who return at least once. All patients diagnosed with a mental disorder in target clinics will have function improvement measured by the WHODAS 2.0 at each clinic visit. Improvement will be determined as patients with at least 1 follow-up visits who score less than or equal to 10 on the WHODAS 2.0 or have a 50% reduction in their baseline WHODAS 2.0 score. |
data collection will occur over 6 months baseline, 24-month intervention and 12-month sustainment period
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Patient Retention
Time Frame: data collection will occur over 6 months baseline, 24-month intervention and 12-month sustainment period
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Patient retention is evaluated for all patients diagnosed with a mental disorder, prescribed a medication, given a follow-up date, and who return at least once.
This outcome evaluates whether these individuals returned for their scheduled follow-up visit in less than or equal to 30 days.
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data collection will occur over 6 months baseline, 24-month intervention and 12-month sustainment period
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Patient Medication Adherence
Time Frame: data collection will occur over 6 months baseline, 24-month intervention and 12-month sustainment period
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Medication adherence is evaluated for all patients diagnosed with a mental disorder, prescribed a medication, given a follow-up date, and who return at least once.
These patients are considered to have potentially achieved medication adherence if they return for their follow-up visit and medication refill in less days than they had pills dispensed at their previous visit.
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data collection will occur over 6 months baseline, 24-month intervention and 12-month sustainment period
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Bradley Wagenaar, MPH, PhD, University of Washington
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
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Study Record Updates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STUDY00012527
- 1R01MH123682-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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