通过基于应用程序的自我指导干预来改善轻度至中度抑郁症:随机对照试验的协议
Ina Beintner1, André Kerber2, Clara Dominke1
1MindDoc Health GmbH, Munich, Germany.
JMIR research protocols
|October 25, 2023
概括
这项研究评估了轻度至中度抑郁症的跨诊断应用程序,旨在改善症状和生活质量. 数字干预显示了可扩展的心理健康治疗的前景.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 心理健康干预 心理健康干预
背景情况:
- 抑郁症是一种普遍的精神障碍,经常与其他精神障碍同时发生,超过80%的人没有接受专业治疗.
- 自主指导的数字干预为公共卫生提供了可扩展的解决方案,跨诊断方法显示出有希望.
- 当前的数字工具往往专注于特定疾病,突出显示了更广泛适用性的需要.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估基于应用程序的自我指导跨诊断干预对轻度至中度抑郁症的有效性.
- 调查干预对抑郁症症状,生活质量,焦虑和自我管理技能的影响.
- 评估在患有并发性精神障碍或没有并发性精神障碍的患者中的干预措施.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验,涉及多达570名轻度或中度抑郁症的成年患者.
- 干预组接受"有处方的MindDoc"应用程序以及通常的护理;对照组仅接受通常的护理.
- 在基线,8周和6个月收集数据,以抑郁症症状严重程度为主要结局.
主要成果:
- 招聘开始于2023年2月;截至2023年9月,已有275名参与者注册.
- 176名参与者提供了初级结果数据,大约有20%的缺失值.
- 该试验正在进行中,计划对数据进行分析,以评估干预的有效性.
结论:
- 该研究将确定跨诊断数字干预是否能改善轻度至中度抑郁症患者的抑郁症状.
- 结果将有助于跨诊断数字心理健康干预的证据基础.
- 该研究旨在通过可访问的数字工具增强患者的赋权和自我管理技能.
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