在乌干达坎帕拉地区的年轻人中开发和测试使用手机进行远程支持心理治疗,用于治疗乌干达坎帕拉地区的抑郁症:试点随机对照试验的研究协议
Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu1,2, Jeremiah Mutinye Kwesiga1, John Mark Bwanika3
1Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Frontiers in digital health
|March 5, 2025
概括
这项研究介绍了乌干达青少年抑郁症的远程支持心理治疗 (TSP),适应了手机的小组治疗. 研究结果将为年轻人提供可访问的数字心理健康干预指导.
科学领域:
- 数字心理健康干预数字心理健康干预
- 青少年和年轻人的心理健康
- 在资源有限的环境中,全球心理健康.
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19后青少年抑郁症的增加,需要采取可访问的干预措施.
- 现有的心理健康服务往往是青少年无法获得或负担得起的.
- 手机透率为可扩展的心理健康支持提供了一个平台.
研究的目的:
- 将群体支持心理治疗适应为青少年的基于移动的远程支持心理治疗 (TSP).
- 评估乌干达中部TSP的可行性,可接受性,有效性和成本效益.
- 为解决由COVID-19流行病在年轻人中加剧的心理健康差距.
主要方法:
- 混合方法方法:定性适应阶段,随后进行开放式随机对照试验.
- 以用户为中心的设计由生态理论和UTAUT.
- 参与300名年轻人 (15-30岁) 患有轻度至中度抑郁症的RCT在乌干达坎帕拉.
主要成果:
- 主要结果:TSP的可行性和可接受性.
- 二次结果:成本效益,减轻抑郁症状和社会支持.
- 定性数据以识别实施障碍和促进者.
结论:
- TSP为年轻人提供了一个有前途,可适应和潜在的成本效益的数字心理健康解决方案.
- 以用户为中心的设计对于在资源有限的环境中开发有效的远程医疗干预至关重要.
- 这项研究为服务不足的年轻人群提供可扩展的数字心理健康服务奠定了基础.
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