Trial reportBMC psychiatry2024
A personal sensing technology enabled service versus a digital psychoeducation control for primary care patients with depression and anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT05406791 (Technology Enabled Services to Enhance Depression Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Technology Enabled Services to Enhance Depression Care
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association between user engagement and clinical outcomes in smartphone apps for depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychiatry research · 2026Pooled it
- Digital Mental Health Treatment and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Global Burden, Temporal Trends, and Long-Term Projections of Mental Disorders Among Women of Childbearing Age: A GBD 2021 Analysis Using BAPC Modeling.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Transdiagnostic-focused apps for depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
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- The mediating and joint effects of depression in the association between cardiovascular health and frailty in middle-aged and elderly people: evidence from NHANES.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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18 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundTechnology-enabled services (TES; clinical services that include both technology-driven [e.g., personal sensing technologies] and person-powered support elements) may address gaps in depression and anxiety treatments in healthcare settings. The current study: (1) developed a TES tailored for Primary Care patients with depression and/or anxiety, and (2) conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of the TES compared to a digital psychoeducation control app.
methodsParticipants were randomized to either: (1) TES: the "Vira" smartphone app (Ksana Health Inc.), informed by behavioral activation and using passive sensing technology to provide behavioral "insights" and target behaviors associated with mental health symptoms, alongside lay-provider coaching, or (2) Control: the Mood Education mobile app (ME), containing static psychoeducational resources designed to target mental health symptoms. Both apps collected usage data. Participants completed assessments on depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), health-related quality of life (PedsQL), and engagement (TWEETs) at baseline, mid-treatment (week 4), end-of-treatment (week 8), and post-treatment (week 12).
resultsParticipants (N = 130) were randomized to receive either the TES (Vira; M
conclusionsWhile the TES demonstrated superior engagement, improvements in depressive and anxious symptoms for both conditions speak to the potential benefit of both TES and low-intensity psychoeducation treatments in care settings. Future research is needed to better understand which patients might differentially benefit from TESs and broader personal sensing technologies over low-intensity treatments.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05406791.
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