数字福利和心理健康支持对大学生的可接受性和实用性:试点研究
Kurtis Pankow1, Nathan King1, Melanie Li1
1Department of Psychiatry, Division of Student Mentla Health, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Early intervention in psychiatry
|August 31, 2023
概括
一个用于学生福祉和心理健康支持的新型数字平台被认为是可以接受的. 虽然最初的参与度下降了,但该工具改善了情感自我意识和寻求帮助的知识.
科学领域:
- 数字心理健康数字心理健康
- 学生的福祉 学生的福祉
- 支持高等教育的支持.
背景情况:
- 大学学生面临着重大的心理健康挑战.
- 现有的支持系统需要创新的,可访问的解决方案.
- 数字平台为学生心理健康护理提供了可扩展的方法.
研究的目的:
- 评估一个新的数字平台对学生福祉和心理健康的可接受性和实用性.
- 探索将数字工具集成到常规的大学心理健康服务中.
- 评估学生的参与度和数字心理健康支持的感知效益.
主要方法:
- 在福利和护理途径中使用适应数字平台 (i-spero®) 的试点研究.
- 包括基线人口统计数据,经过验证的福祉/心理健康措施以及每周的焦虑/抑郁评估 (GAD-7,PHQ-9).
- 混合方法分析,包括为期8周的经验调查,以评估可接受性和有用性.
主要成果:
- 在这两种途径中观察到高基线焦虑和抑郁率 (68-80%).
- 最初的坚持在第一周显著下降 (50%的福祉,40%的护理),随后出现了轻微的磨损.
- 学生报告了情感自我意识的提高,对护理进展的理解,以及寻求帮助的知识;即使在那些提前退学的人中,症状水平也得到了改善.
结论:
- 数字福利和心理健康支持平台是大学生可以接受的.
- 参与和持久性仍然是数字心理健康工具发展的关键领域.
- 数字工具可以对以证据为基础的,为学生心理健康提供阶段性护理模式做出积极贡献.
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