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  • Digital mental health
  • Psychological resilience
  • On-demand mental health services

Background:

  • Digital health services offer scalable solutions for increasing mental health care demand.
  • Further research is needed to understand the link between care engagement and subclinical outcome improvements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between member engagement with the Ginger platform and changes in psychological resilience.
  • To address the gap in understanding how digital mental health engagement impacts resilience.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective observational study of 3272 Ginger users (Jan-Nov 2021).
  • Assessed psychological resilience using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale at baseline and 6-16 week follow-up.
  • Measured depression and anxiety symptoms and used linear regression to analyze engagement's impact on resilience.

Main Results:

  • 82% of members reported low baseline resilience; mean resilience change was 0.77 points.
  • Male members and those with lower baseline depression/anxiety showed greater resilience improvements.
  • Engagement with Ginger coaching, clinical services, or both significantly improved resilience compared to content-only engagement.

Conclusions:

  • Engagement with Ginger services correlates with enhanced psychological resilience.
  • Higher resilience improvements were observed in members utilizing coaching or clinical care, irrespective of baseline mental health status.
  • Digital mental health platforms can effectively foster resilience through active user engagement.