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ArticleWorld psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)2018

Experience sampling methodology in mental health research: new insights and technical developments.

Inez Myin-Germeys, Zuzana Kasanova, Thomas Vaessen, Hugo Vachon, Olivia Kirtley, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Ulrich Reininghaus

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Article in World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04985422 (Ecological Momentary Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in a Community Sample in Hong Kong), which is not on this map. Cited by 264 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04985422 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Ecological Momentary Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in a Community Sample in Hong Kong: a Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Hong KongRan2021 to 2023Enrolled262ConditionsDepressive SymptomsArmsSmartphone-based Daily Ecological Momentary Intervention, Smartphone-based Weekly-delivered Information
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Inez Myin-GermeysCenter for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Zuzana KasanovaCenter for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Thomas VaessenCenter for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hugo VachonCenter for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Olivia KirtleyCenter for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Wolfgang ViechtbauerCenter for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ulrich ReininghausSchool for Mental Health & Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the mental health field, there is a growing awareness that the study of psychiatric symptoms in the context of everyday life, using experience sampling methodology (ESM), may provide a powerful and necessary addition to more conventional research approaches. ESM, a structured self-report diary technique, allows the investigation of experiences within, and in interaction with, the real-world context. This paper provides an overview of how zooming in on the micro-level of experience and behaviour using ESM adds new insights and additional perspectives to standard approaches. More specifically, it discusses how ESM: a) contributes to a deeper understanding of psychopathological phenomena, b) allows to capture variability over time, c) aids in identifying internal and situational determinants of variability in symptomatology, and d) enables a thorough investigation of the interaction between the person and his/her environment and of real-life social interactions. Next to improving assessment of psychopathology and its underlying mechanisms, ESM contributes to advancing and changing clinical practice by allowing a more fine-grained evaluation of treatment effects as well as by providing the opportunity for extending treatment beyond the clinical setting into real life with the development of ecological momentary interventions. Furthermore, this paper provides an overview of the technical details of setting up an ESM study in terms of design, questionnaire development and statistical approaches. Overall, although a number of considerations and challenges remain, ESM offers one of the best opportunities for personalized medicine in psychiatry, from both a research and a clinical perspective.

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contextecological momentary interventionsExperience sampling methodologymental healthmixed-effect modelsperson-environment interactionpsychopathologytreatment evaluationvariability

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PMID29856567
PMCPMC5980621

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