移动电话电子健康应用程序在改变与强迫症相关的知识,耻辱化态度和寻求帮助的意图方面的有效性:试点问卷研究
Antonio Chaves1, Sandra Arnáez2, Gemma García-Soriano2
1Departamento de Orientación Educativa, IES Cid Campeador, Conselleria d'Educació, Cultura i Esport, Valencia, Spain.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
|March 29, 2024
概括
这项研究表明,esTOCma移动应用程序是一种可行的和可接受的工具,可以提高对强迫症 (OCD) 的知识,并增加寻求帮助的意图. 该应用程序有效地减少了与强迫症相关的耻辱和社会距离至少三个月.
科学领域:
- 心理健康技术 心理健康技术
- 数字治疗学数字治疗学
- 精神病学干预 精神病学干预
背景情况:
- 强迫症 (OCD) 对个人的生活产生重大影响,但由于心理健康素养不佳和耻辱感,寻求帮助往往会被推迟.
- 低心理健康素养和围绕强迫症的社会耻辱导致可用治疗方法的不足利用.
- 解决这些障碍对于改善强迫症患者的治疗结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估esTOCma的可行性,可接受性和初步有效性,esTOCma是一款旨在提高强迫症知识的移动应用程序.
- 评估应用程序对用户寻求帮助意图增加的影响.
- 确定应用程序在减少与强迫症相关的污名化态度和社会距离方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 一个单臂试点干预,涉及90名社区招募的参与者,使用雪球采样.
- 参与者在10个任务中使用esTOCma应用程序,完成了前,后和3个月的后续评估.
- 措施包括社会人口统计学,强迫症严重程度,耻辱感,寻求帮助的行为,心理健康素养和应用程序的可接受性.
主要成果:
- 在78名被分配的参与者中,62人完成了干预和后评估,69%完成了为期3个月的随访.
- 该应用程序在实用性 (90%) 和学习 (90%) 方面获得了很高的评分,其中98%的人推它.
- 在心理健康知识,寻求帮助的意图以及干预后的污名化态度和社会距离的减少方面观察到显著的改善.
结论:
- esTOCma移动应用程序是对强迫症患者的可行和可接受的干预措施.
- 该应用程序在增加强迫症理解和寻求帮助的意图方面表现出初步的有效性,同时减少了耻辱和社会距离.
- 基于技术的干预措施有望通过加强参与和减少社会障碍来改善强迫症治疗.
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