Evidence for Digital Mental Health Assessment Tools in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Protocol for a Systematic Review on Diagnostic Accuracy Across Age Groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital assessment tools in health care are increasingly used to aid clinicians in diagnosing mental health conditions. Particularly since the quarantine and isolation guidelines of the COVID-19 pandemic moved much of health care online, there has been an accelerated adoption of digital assessment tools. The diagnostic accuracy of digital mental health assessment tools for a range of psychiatric conditions has yet to be fully explored, especially for their use in populations of older adults and children.

Objective

This systematic review aims to (1) summarize recent studies on digital self-report question-and-answer-based mental health assessment tools for use in all ages across a range of psychiatric conditions (eg, the type and number of questions, if available;

SUBMITTER: Babbitt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12768427 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature