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Psychiatry
Sarah Chang, Lucy Gray, John Torous
Summary: Despite the popularity of mental health-related smartphone apps, weak user engagement has hindered their impact on the mental health landscape. Integrating these apps into traditional therapeutic models seems to improve clinical outcomes, but questions remain about the relationship between app engagement and the coach or clinician. This study examines patient app engagement patterns and clinical outcomes from a digital clinic pilot, finding that app engagement does not correlate with outcomes but satisfaction with app and clinician/coach engagement does have an impact.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Emily E. Bernstein, Hilary Weingarden, Emma C. Wolfe, Margaret D. Hall, Ivar Snorrason, Sabine Wilhelm
Summary: This study provides a review of the use of human support or coaching in app-based cognitive behavioral therapy for emotional disorders. It identifies knowledge gaps and offers recommendations for future research.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Shinichiro Nagamitsu, Ayako Kanie, Kazumi Sakashita, Ryoichi Sakuta, Ayumi Okada, Kencho Matsuura, Masaya Ito, Akiko Katayanagi, Takashi Katayama, Ryoko Otani, Tasuku Kitajima, Naoki Matsubara, Takeshi Inoue, Chie Tanaka, Chikako Fujii, Yoshie Shigeyasu, Ryuta Ishii, Sayaka Sakai, Michiko Matsuoka, Tatsuyuki Kakuma, Yushiro Yamashita, Masaru Horikoshi
Summary: This study aimed to test the effectiveness of two adolescent health promotion interventions: well-care visits with risk assessment interview and counseling, and self-monitoring with a smartphone cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app. The findings showed that both interventions had short-term effects in reducing depressive symptoms, but long-term effectiveness needs further evaluation.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Robert Hrynyschyn, Christoph Dockweiler
Summary: Depression is often accompanied by rapid changes in mood and quality of life. Smartphone-based therapy is considered to have great potential due to its reach and easy accessibility. However, there is still limited information about the impact and mechanisms of smartphone-based therapy on depression.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yosuke Watanabe, Taiyo Kuroki, Daisuke Ichikawa, Motohiro Ozone, Naohisa Uchimura, Taro Ueno
Summary: This study examined the effects and safety of a smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) app compared to a sham app. The results showed that patients using the CBT-I app had greater improvement in insomnia symptoms compared to those using the sham app, with no adverse reactions or device failures detected.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jake Linardon, Adrian Shatte, John Rosato, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
Summary: The study developed a smartphone app based on transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy principles and techniques. Results showed that intervention participants reported greater reductions in global levels of ED psychopathology compared to the control group, highlighting the potential for the app to be a cost-effective and easily accessible intervention for those unable to receive standard treatment.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Ramya Ramadurai, Erin Beckham, R. Kathryn McHugh, Throstur Bjorgvinsson, Courtney Beard
Summary: This study examines engagement as a multidimensional construct for a novel app called HabitWorks and analyzes different patterns of behavioral engagement and cognitive and affective engagement. Through case studies, the study emphasizes the diversity and multifaceted nature of engagement. The research provides an example for operationalizing engagement in other mental health apps.
JMIR MENTAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Kathryn Trottier, Candice M. Monson, Stephen A. Wonderlich, Ross D. Crosby
Summary: This study shows that integrating cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD and ED after intensive ED treatment is safe, desirable, and effective in improving PTSD symptoms. Both treatments significantly improved PTSD, anxiety, and depression symptoms.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jake Linardon, Mariel Messer, Adrian Shatte, David Skvarc, John Rosato, April Rathgen, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
Summary: Multimodal internet-based prevention and treatment programmes for binge eating may be unnecessarily long and make it difficult to distinguish effective techniques from redundant ones. A highly focused digital intervention that targets dietary restraint as a central risk and maintaining factor can induce meaningful change in core eating disorder symptoms.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Arika Yoshizaki, Emi Murata, Tomoka Yamamoto, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Ryuzo Hanaie, Ikuko Hirata, Sayuri Matsumoto, Ikuko Mohri, Masako Taniike
Summary: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the interactive smartphone app Nenne Navi in improving sleep habits in young Japanese children through community-based trials. The results showed that the app users had earlier wake-up times, shorter sleep onset latency, and enhanced social relationships compared to the control group.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elton H. Lobo, Chandan Karmakar, Mohamed Abdelrazek, Jemal Abawajy, Clara K. Chow, Yuxin Zhang, Muhammad Ashad Kabir, Reza Daryabeygi, Ralph Maddison, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam
Summary: This study presents the design and development process of a smartphone-based lifestyle app integrating a wearable device for hypertension management. The app provides health education, promotes lifestyle modification, and manages blood pressure with the help of a wearable device. It also includes a clinician portal for treatment adherence.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Justyna Jolanta Kutyba, Wiktor W. Jedrzejczak, Elzbieta Gos, Danuta Raj-Koziak, Piotr Henryk Skarzynski
Summary: The study aims to assess the effect of a mobile app that generates background sounds on the severity of tinnitus. Results showed that using the app led to a significant decrease in THI global score, with the largest improvements observed in emotional and catastrophic reactions subscales. A clinically important change in THI was reported by 39% of the study group.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Kerstin Denecke, Nicole Schmid, Stephan Nuessli
Summary: This study aims to identify the therapeutic aspects of CBT that have been implemented in existing mHealth apps and the technologies used, aiming to help patients self-manage and self-monitor their mental state.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jonathan B. Bricker, Kristin E. Mull, Margarita Santiago-Torres, Zhen Miao, Olga Perski, Chongzhi Di
Summary: A study examined the usage patterns of smartphone app interventions for smoking cessation. Different groups were identified based on the duration of app log-ins, and it was found that longer engagement was associated with higher smoking cessation rates. Baseline characteristics were also found to predict usage patterns.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Javier-David Lopez-Morinigo, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Veronica Gonzalez Ruiz-Ruano, Adela Sanchez Escribano Martinez, Paula Jhoana Escobedo-Aedo, Sergio Sanchez Alonso, Laura Mata Iturralde, Laura Munoz Lorenzo, Antonio Artes-Rodriguez, Anthony S. David, Enrique Baca-Garcia
Summary: The study found that the acceptability of a passive smartphone-based EMA app among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders was relatively low, and linked with being young and having good premorbid adjustment, affecting the acceptability of the app.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)