Trial reportPsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2023
Effect of Integrating Patient-Generated Digital Data Into Mental Health Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Dashboard Intervention for Tracking Digital Social Media Activity in the Clinical Care of Individuals With Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Randomized Trial.JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
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- Testing a Dashboard Intervention for Tracking Digital Social Media Activity in Clinical Care of Individuals With Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Protocol and Design Considerations for a Pragmatic Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Integrating Patient-Generated Digital Data Into Mental Health Therapy: Mixed Methods Analysis of User Experience.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Raina M MerchantCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Lauren SouthwickCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Rinad S BeidasCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
David S MandellCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Sharath Chandra GuntukuCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Art PelulloCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Lin YangCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Nandita MitraCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Brenda CurtisCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
Lyle UngarCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
David A AschCenter for Digital Health (Merchant, Southwick, Guntuku, Pelullo, Ungar) and Center for Health Care Innovation (Asch), Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Departments of Emergency Medicine (Merchant, Southwick), Psychiatry (Beidas, Mandell), and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (Mitra), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Beidas); Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Yang); Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore (Curtis); Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ungar, Guntuku).
University of Pennsylvania · US
Funding
NIDA IRP Clinical Core support of the NIDA IRP HIV Clinical ProgramZIDDA000623 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI LEGGIO, LORENZO · 2018 to 2025
$17.6MDigital Markers in Relapse and RecoveryZIADA000628 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI CURTIS, BRENDA · 2019 to 2025
$10.0MAssessing the effectiveness of a digital platform to support the mental health of healthcare workers in the response and recovery phases of COVID-19R01MH127686 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MERCHANT, RAINA · 2021 to 2023
$3.4MNIMH NIH HHS R01 MH127686
Abstract
objectiveThe authors sought to determine whether providing summaries of patients' social media and other digital data to patients and their clinicians improves patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured by the RAND 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).
methodsThe authors randomly assigned 115 adults receiving outpatient mental health therapy to usual care or to periodic sharing of summaries of their digital data with their clinician providing psychosocial therapy. The study was conducted October 2020-December 2021.
resultsPatients' mean±SD age was 31.3±10.5 years, and 82% were women. At 60 days after enrollment, no statistically significant change was detected in SF-36 scores for patients randomly allocated to the intervention (mean difference=-0.39, 95% CI=-4.17, 3.39) or to usual care (mean difference=-1.98, 95% CI=-5.74, 1.77), and no significant between-arm difference was observed (between-arm difference=1.60, 95% CI=-3.67, 6.86).
conclusionsCollecting and summarizing digital data for use in mental health treatment was feasible for patients but did not significantly improve their HRQoL or other measures of mental health.
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Mental HealthQuality of LifeAdultBehavior TherapyFemaleHumansMalePsychotherapyYoung AdultDigital mental healthSmartphonesSocial mediaTelecommunications
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