ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2010
Feasibility of an eHealth service to support collaborative depression care: results of a pilot study.
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- Time-Dependent Changes in Depressive Symptoms Among Control Participants in Digital-Based Psychological Intervention Studies: Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to improve medication adherence in adults with depressive disorders: a meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics of Mobile Health Platforms for Depression and Anxiety: Content Analysis Through a Systematic Review of the Literature and Systematic Search of Two App Stores.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Barriers to and Facilitators of User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Evidence-Based Evaluation of eHealth Interventions: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Measuring Psychiatric Symptoms Remotely: a Systematic Review of Remote Measurement-Based Care.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Pooled it
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- The impact of web-based approaches on psychosocial health in chronic physical and mental health conditions.Health education research · 2013Pooled it
- Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Smartphone-Supported versus Full Behavioural Activation for Depression: A Randomised Controlled Trial.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Results of a pilot test of a self-administered smartphone-based treatment system for alcohol use disorders: usability and early outcomes.Substance abuse · 2014Trial
- Remote measurement based care (RMBC) interventions for mental health-Protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Eliciting Depression Patients' Preferences for Medication Management: A Protocol for Discrete Choice Experiment.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Digital and Mobile Health Technology in Collaborative Behavioral Health Care: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2022Article
- Transforming Population-Based Depression Care: a Quality Improvement Initiative Using Remote, Centralized Care Management.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Observational
- Encouraging Patient Engagement Behaviors from the Perspective of Functional Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Technological Interventions for Medication Adherence in Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2019Article
- Patient Health Engagement (PHE) model in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS): monitoring patients' engagement and psychological resilience in minimally invasive thoracic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Review
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13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTreatments and organizational changes supported by eHealth are beginning to play an important role in improving disease treatment outcome and providing cost-efficient care management. "Improvehealth.eu" is a novel eHealth service to support the treatment of patients with depressive disorder. It offers active patient engagement and collaborative care management by combining Web- and mobile-based information and communication technology systems and access to care managers.
objectivesOur objective was to assess the feasibility of a novel eHealth service.
methodsThe intervention--the "Improvehealth.eu" service--was explored in the course of a pilot study comparing two groups of patients receiving treatment as usual and treatment as usual with eHealth intervention. We compared patients' medication adherence and outcome measures between both groups and additionally explored usage and overall perceptions of the intervention in intervention group.
resultsThe intervention was successfully implemented in a pilot with 46 patients, of whom 40 were female. Of the 46 patients, 25 received treatment as usual, and 21 received the intervention in addition to treatment as usual. A total of 55% (12/25) of patients in the former group and 45% (10/21) in the latter group finished the 6-month pilot. Available case analysis indicated an improvement of adherence in the intervention group (odds ratio [OR] = 10.0, P = .03). Intention-to-treat analysis indicated an improvement of outcome in the intervention group (ORs ranging from 0.35 to 18; P values ranging from .003 to .20), but confidence intervals were large due to small sample sizes. Average duration of use of the intervention was 107 days. The intervention was well received by 81% (17/21) of patients who reported feeling actively engaged, in control of their disease, and that they had access to a high level of information. In all, 33% (7/21) of the patients also described drawbacks of the intervention, mostly related to usability issues.
conclusionsThe results of this pilot study indicate that the intervention was well accepted and helped the patients in the course of treatment. The results also suggest the potential of the intervention to improve both medication adherence and outcome measures of treatment, including reduction of depression severity and patients becoming "healthy."
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