Trial reportBehavior therapy2022
Cognitive Training via a Mobile Application to Reduce Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Distress and Cognitions During the COVID-19 Outbreaks: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using a Subclinical Cohort.
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- Efficacy of stand-alone digital mental health applications for anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of psychiatric research · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluating the combined effects of mobile computerized CBT and post-learning oscillatory modulation on self-esteem: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of the mHealth App Intellect in Improving Subclinical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial With a 4-Week Follow-Up.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Cognitive training using a mobile app as a coping tool against COVID-19 distress: A crossover randomized controlled trial.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Trial
- Effect of Mobile Application-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Atopic Dermatitis Comorbid With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Retrospective Study.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
- Exploring the health benefits of a mobile-based multidomain lifestyle program for older adults living in assisted living facilities: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Echoes of ease: Tracing the course of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the aftermath of a pandemic-Insights from a four-year panel study.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Cognitive Training Via mHealth for Addressing OCD-related Beliefs in Adolescents: A Randomized Pilot Study.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- A randomized clinical trial of app cognitive behavior therapy vs. HealthWatch for obsessive compulsive disorder.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- UNIPDES - An internet-based transdiagnostic intervention for college students' psychological symptoms: Evaluation of its development, usability and effectiveness: Study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events in clinical trials of mental health apps.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Cognitive training via mobile app for addressing eating disorders' cognitions in adolescents: a randomized control trial protocol.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- A mobile app to challenge obsessional beliefs in adolescents: a protocol of a two-armed, parallel randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Understanding university students' attitudes and preferences for internet-based mental health interventions.Internet interventions · 2024Article
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Abstract
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a persistent psychiatric disorder causing significant impairment in functioning. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated OCD-related symptoms and interrupted access to treatment. Recent research suggests mHealth apps are promising tools for coping with OCD symptoms. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effects of a CBT-based mobile application designed to reduce OCD symptoms and cognitions in community participants considered at high risk of developing OCD symptoms. Following initial screening (n = 924), fifty-five community participants scoring 2 standard deviations above the OCI-R mean were randomized into two groups. In the immediate-app use group (iApp; n = 25), participants started using the application at baseline (T0), 4 min a day, for 12 days (T0-T1). Participants in the delayed-app group (dApp; n = 20) started using the mobile application at T1 (crossover) and used the app for the following 12 consecutive days (T1-T2). Intention to treat analyses indicated that using the app for 12 consecutive days was associated with large effect-size reductions (Cohen's d ranging from .87 to 2.73) in OCD symptoms and maladaptive cognitions in the iApp group (from T0 to T1) and dApp group (from T1 to T2). These reductions were maintained at follow-up. Our findings underscore the usefulness of brief, low-intensity, portable interventions in reducing OCD symptoms and cognitions during the pandemic.
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