Mobile App to Enhance Patient Activation and Patient-Provider Communication in Major Depressive Disorder Management: Collaborative, Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhanced patient-provider engagement can improve patient health outcomes in chronic conditions, including major depressive disorder (MDD).

Objective

We evaluated the impact of a digitally enabled care mobile app, Pathway, designed to improve MDD patient-provider engagement. Patients used a mobile interface to assess treatment progress and share this information with primary care providers (PCPs).

Methods

In this 52-week, real-world effectiveness and feasibility study conducted in primary care clinics, 40 patients with MDD who were recently prescribed antidepressant monotherapy were randomized to use a mobile app with usual care (20/40, 50%) or usual care alone (20/40, 50%). Patients in the app arm engaged with the app daily for 18 weeks; a report was genera

SUBMITTER: McCue M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650572 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature