Last year, investigators used the pilot study to test the needs tailored recovery program feasibility, acceptability and preliminary usefulness of the tailored recovery program (NTRP). Based on the findings of the pilot study, then used a randomized controlled trial conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the NTRP in two psychiatric centers of northern Taiwan. The treatment group receive the needs assessment and then the NTRP by their home-care nurses over 6 months. The control group receive the usual community psychiatric care only. And these participants had been collected baseline data.~Investigators will conduct to test 6 months (post- intervention immediately), and 9 months (3 months post-intervention). Outcome measures include recovery, empowerment, hope, health needs score, and psychiatric symptoms. Then, based on the evidence of need-trailed recovery program, this study main aim is innovative smart care technology will be adopted to establish the smart e-care NTRP through the standardized process of platform goal (targeted actions) setting, development (content and format) and verification, and then evaluate this innovative care platform using mixed research methods (experimental and qualitative study design).
The purpose of this study is to establish an innovative smart e-care needs tailored recovery program (NTRP) platform for the community-dwelling patients with severe mental illness, and then evaluate the effectness of e-care needs tailored recovery program (NTRP).