Development of a Severity Score and Comparison With Validated Measures for Depression and Anxiety: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Less than 10% of the individuals seeking behavioral health care receive measurement-based care (MBC). Technology has the potential to implement MBC in a secure and efficient manner. To test this idea, a mobile health (mHealth) platform was developed with the goal of making MBC easier to deliver by clinicians and more accessible to patients within integrated behavioral health care. Data from over 3000 users of the mHealth platform were used to develop an output severity score, a robust screening measure for depression and anxiety.

Objective

The aim of this study is to compare severity scores with scores from validated assessments for depression and anxiety and scores from clinician review to evaluate the potential added value of this new measure.

Methods

The

SUBMITTER: Lynch W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature