Comparing Approaches to Mobile Depression Assessment for Measurement-Based Care: Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To inform measurement-based care, practice guidelines suggest routine symptom monitoring, often on a weekly or monthly basis. Increasingly, patient-provider contacts occur remotely (eg, by telephone and Web-based portals), and mobile health tools can now monitor depressed mood daily or more frequently. However, the reliability and utility of daily ratings are unclear.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the association between a daily depressive symptom measure and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the most widely adopted depression self-report measure, and compare how well these 2 assessment methods predict patient outcomes.

Methods

A total of 547 individuals completed smartphone-based measures, including the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ

SUBMITTER: Bauer AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030575 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature