在哥伦比亚提供数字心理健康支持和指导:一项观察性研究
Haley M LaMonica1, Paula Natalia Bettancourt Niño2, Carlos Gómez-Restrepo2
1Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Digital health
|April 28, 2025
概括
像Mentes Colectivas这样的数字心理健康平台改善了哥伦比亚获得护理的机会. 这项研究表明,远程咨询有效地支持不同人群的心理健康和自我管理.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 哥伦比亚在心理健康系统面临重大挑战,包括服务和专业人员短缺.
- 数字健康技术提供了一种解决方案,可以克服系统限制,地理隔离,成本和在获得心理健康护理时的耻辱等障碍.
研究的目的:
- 通过Mentes Colectivas平台来描述寻求远程咨询的哥伦比亚个人的人口和临床特征.
- 评估基于网络的心理健康咨询平台在资源有限的环境中的可行性和影响.
主要方法:
- 收集的数据包括参与者的人口统计数据,心理困扰,功能障碍,表现问题和会议出席率的凯斯勒6分.
- 描述性统计学描述了样本,而推断性统计学分析了群体差异,临床表现和出席率的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 总共有6442名参与者 (78.5%为女性,平均年龄为33.6岁) 参加了初次会议,其中35.7%的人回来进行后续检查.
- 平均而言,报告中度心理困扰,年轻人遇到更高的困扰.
- 焦虑,抑郁和睡眠障碍是最常见的问题.
结论:
- 在哥伦比亚,Mentes Colectivas证明了促进各个年龄组寻求心理健康帮助和自我管理的可行性.
- 数字健康干预具有显著的潜力,可以提高平等获得心理健康护理的机会,改善人口福祉,加强社区健康.
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