Status:
COMPLETED
Digital Data in Mental Health Therapy
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pennsylvania
Conditions:
Depressive Symptoms
Anxiety Generalized
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The Use of Patient Electronic Communication in Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment intends to better understand how digital data, social media, and electronic communication can be used in mental heal...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Between 18-65 years of age
- Primarily English speaking (for language analysis)
- Willing to share at least one digital data source this includes Facebook, Google searches, YouTube searches, or screen time by downloading a free application (app) on their smartphone.
- Regular activity viewing and posting on social media sites, defined as once a month posting
- Has a mental or behavioral health provider and/or has a provider from the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists and currently enrolled in mental or behavioral therapy
- Attends therapy at least once a month and intends to remain in therapy for the next three months
- Willing to share dashboard with their behavioral health provider
- Able to provide informed consent
- Owns a smartphone
- If the patient downloads an app, they are willing to download and keep an app on their phone for 3 months
Exclusion
- Under 18 years of age
- Non-English speaker
- Patient is in severe distress, e.g. respiratory, physical, or emotional distress
- Patient is intoxicated, unconscious, or unable to appropriately respond to questions
- Not currently enrolled in mental therapy
- Not expected to remain in mental therapy for the next three months
- Not a regular social media poster, or does not use Facebook and/or Instagram and/or not willing to share
- Unwilling to share social media summary dashboard with behavioral health provider
- Patient with diagnosed psychosis
- Does not own a smartphone
- Unwilling to download and keep an app on their phone for 3 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 21 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
115 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04011540
Start Date
September 21 2020
End Date
December 31 2021
Last Update
May 28 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Penn Medicine behavioral and mental health clinics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104