Trelfa, Sarah
Berry, Natalie
Zhang, Xiaolong
Lewis, Shôn
Ainsworth, John
Berry, Katherine
Edge, Dawn
Haddock, Gillian
Morris, Rohan
Bucci, Sandra
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MR/P026664/1, MR/P026664/1, MR/P026664/1, MR/P026664/1, MR/P026664/1, MR/P026664/1)
Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203308, NIHR203308, NIHR203308, NIHR203308, NIHR203308)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR300794)
Article History
Received: 11 October 2024
Accepted: 14 April 2025
First Online: 16 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the West of Scotland NHS Research Ethics Committee (REF: 17/WS/0221). Participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study. All procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the individual(s) for the publication as part of the consent process.
: Lewis is Academic lead of Mental Health in Health Innovation Manchester. Bucci, Lewis and Ainsworth are co-founders of CareLoop Health Ltd, a spin out from the University of Manchester to develop and market digital solutions for remote monitoring using smartphones for mental health conditions, currently schizophrenia and postnatal depression. At the time of conducting this study, the cofounders received non-pecuniary benefits. Bucci reports research funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and The Wellcome Trust.