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Development of PETRA

 Timeline PETRA 2014 - 2025
Timeline PETRA 2014 - 2025
From the outset, the development of PETRA focused on integration into routine mental healthcare. The PETRA application was built on the foundation of scientific research and shaped through focus groups involving a diverse range of stakeholders — including clinicians, clients, ICT professionals, and researchers — as well as through an iterative process of prototyping and pilot studies. The PETRA team continues to improve the tool and remains open to developing new modules that better meet users’ needs.
Step 1

Starting Point: RoQua Questionnaire System

A pilot using brief questionnaires delivered via SMS, developed in collaboration with the UPPER ESM study, the iLab, and the ICT infrastructure of RoQua (2014).
Step 2

Personalised Diaries

Development of the beta version of personalised diaries in close collaboration with clinicians and clients:

  • Funding 2015: iLab Therap-i pilot
  • Funding 2017: Stichting tot Steun VCVGZ (Grant no. 239 – Principal investigators: Riese and Bastiaansen; Therap-i RCT, PhD project von Klipstein & Zelf-i RCT)
Step 3

Collaboration with Clients and Clinicians

  • Funding 2015: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG-2015, Grant no. 681466 – Principal investigator: Wichers, TRANS-ID project)
  • Funding 2015: Rob Giel Research Centre (PhD project Bos)
Step 4

First Working Version

  • Funding 2019: Innovation Fund Stichting De Friesland (Grant no. DS81 – Principal investigators: Riese and Wichers)
Step 5

Communication and Instruction Materials

Development in 2020 of:

  • PETRA training for healthcare professionals
  • Animation videos for clients and professionals (produced by anoukhouben.nl)
  • PETRA website and newsletters
  • PETRA personalised diary launched within the EHR systems of mental healthcare institutions affiliated with RoQua (2021)
  • PETRA user manual (2024)
Step 6

Ongoing Developments

  • Funding 2025: PETRA Implementation Project (ZonMw project no. 10960102410011 – Principal investigator: Riese, on behalf of the PETRA consortium)
  • Consortium founded in 2024: Collaboration between UCP, Lentis, GGZ Friesland, GGZ Drenthe, and GGz Centraal
  • Funding 2024: CycleWise – Digital menstrual diary (ZonMw project no. 06360332310014 – Principal investigator: Riese)
  • Funding 2023: DigiCGT – Digital registration module (ZonMw project no. 10960102310017 – Principal investigator: Servaas)
  • Funding 2023: PETRA system reprogramming (Personal research budget – Riese)
  • Funding 2022: Turning the Tide! PETRA implementation & evaluation pilot (ZOF GGZ Drenthe KPO-60 – Principal investigators: Bos, Cath, and Riese)
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