针对自闭症患者的基于应用程序的新兴焦虑干预措施的可行性研究
Bethany Oakley1, Charlotte A Boatman1, Saffron Baldoza2
1Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Camberwell, London, UK.
概括
一个新的应用程序Molehill Mountain,适用于自闭症患者,显示了管理焦虑症状的可行性. 这种数字工具被认为是可以接受的,并且与自闭症成年人减少焦虑有关,这需要进一步的临床试验.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 经常与焦虑障碍并发,影响超过50%的自闭症患者.
- 现有的焦虑治疗方法往往缺乏自闭症患者的可访问性和适应性,这凸显了大量未得到满足的需求.
- 新的,定制的数字干预措施对于改善自闭症成年人的焦虑管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估与自闭症患者共同开发的基于应用程序的新型焦虑管理工具"Molehill Mountain"的可行性.
- 评估应用程序在经历焦虑症状的自闭症成年人中的可接受性和可用性.
- 确定应用程序对目标人群焦虑症状严重性的初步影响.
主要方法:
- 一个单中心,单臂可行性研究,涉及100名自闭症参与者 (16-74岁) 患有轻度至重度焦虑.
- 使用"Molehill Mountain"应用程序进行了为期13周的干预期,并监测了遵守和使用情况.
- 焦虑症状的严重程度使用一般性焦虑障碍-7项量表 (GAD-7) 进行了预干预和后干预测量.
主要成果:
- 高招生率 (81%) 和保留率 (76%完成了结果测量) 表明可行性.
- 73%的参与者发现该应用程序易于使用,他们同意它是一个适合焦虑支持的格式.
- 观察到自我报告的焦虑症状显著减少 (平均差异为2.88,p < 0.001),效应大小中等 (科恩d = 0.45).
结论:
- 适合自闭症的"Molehill Mountain"应用程序是自闭症成年人的可接受和可行的焦虑管理工具.
- 干预表明,在统计学上显著地减少了焦虑症状的严重程度.
- 建议在随机对照试验中进行进一步的研究,以确认这种数字干预的有效性.
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