Khaldoun Aldiabat, Enam Alsrayheen, Catherine Aquino-Russell, Mohammad Al-Qadire, Omar Al Rawajfah, Sulaiman Dawood Al Sabei
Differences in critical thinking skills between nursing students on a fast-track versus traditional 4-year programme
British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
pathways mental health services youth generally complex often involve numerous contact points lengthy delays starting treatment host barriers contribute low rates therapeutic engagement automated text messages offer convenient lowcost option information sharing skill building potentially activate positive behaviors youth caregivers prior beginning formal therapy date little evidence feasibility initiating transdiagnostic text messages early stages youth caregiver contact community outpatient mental health services develop test feasibility implementing 2 novel text messaging campaigns aimed youth clients caregivers early stages engaging outpatient mental health services multidisciplinary panel experts developed two 12message interventions youth caregivers prior deployment message included link external interactive multimedia resource extend skill development enrollment youth aged 13 18 years caregivers occurred 2 early treatment timepoints time points text messages delivered automatically 2 times week 6 weeks analytics survey data collected 2 phases january march 2020 january may 2021 enrollment willingness persist using intervention engagement satisfaction perceived value impact measured descriptive statistics used summarize youth caregiver outcomes total 41 caregivers 36 youth consented participate followup survey response rates 54 2241 44 1636 respectively 1500 text messages sent throughout study threequarters 1416 88 youth reported learned something new noticed change due receiving texts proportion 1416 88 youth said would recommend text messages others youth ranked first text message related coping difficult emotions helpful series caregivers reported acting differently due receiving texts twothirds caregivers satisfied texts 1622 73 would recommend others 1622 73 caregivers perceived diverse levels value text topics 9 12 caregiver texts rated least one caregiver helpful results preliminary show brief core skillfocused text messages youth clients caregivers community outpatient mental health services feasible youth caregivers reported promising knowledge behavior change exposure 12 messages 6 weeks larger study statistical power detect changes perceived helpfulness engagement required confirm effectiveness type transdiagnostic intervention