Statement of principal findings
mental illness, SMI
DISEASES, RECRUITMENT
In this pilot study, we evaluated the fidelity and feasibility of recruitment, program delivery and data collection of a general practice-based coordinated care program targeting patients with severe mental illness (SMI). Our findings indicate that it is feasible for GPs to deliver an extended consultation with relatively high fidelity to the quantifiable components of the SOFIA scheme. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the SOFIA program might assist the GPs in finding new or undetected symptoms and diseases in the patients which supports the underlying program theory. However, the assessment of the recruitment of general practices and patients with SMI for the pilot study revealed challenges in reaching the predetermined participation and retention rates. Moreover, we were not successful in reaching our predetermined response rate threshold of 90% when it came to questionnaire data collection. Although, missing data and incomplete responses did not differ markedly between the intervention and control groups.