The Effects of a Digital, Transdiagnostic, Clinically and Peer-Moderated Treatment Platform for Young People With Emerging Mental Health Complaints: Repeated Measures Within-Subjects Study.

Autor: van Doorn M; Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands., Monsanto A; Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Antes, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Wang CL; Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands., Verfaillie SCJ; Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.; GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, Netherlands., van Amelsvoort TAMJ; Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands., Popma A; Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands., Jaspers MWM; Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands., Öry F; Buurtzorg Jong, Almelo, Netherlands., Alvarez-Jimenez M; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.; Orygen, Melbourne, Australia., Gleeson JF; Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre and School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia., Nieman DH; Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Location AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: JMIR mHealth and uHealth [JMIR Mhealth Uhealth] 2023 Dec 13; Vol. 11, pp. e50636. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 13.
DOI: 10.2196/50636
Abstrakt: Background: To address the growing prevalence of youth mental health problems, early intervention is crucial to minimize individual, societal, and economic impacts. Indicative prevention aims to target emerging mental health complaints before the onset of a full-blown disorder. When intervening at this early stage, individuals are more responsive to treatment, resulting in cost-effective outcomes. The Moderated Online Social Therapy platform, which was successfully implemented and proven effective in Australia, is a digital, peer- and clinically moderated treatment platform designed for young people. The Netherlands was the first country outside Australia to implement this platform, under the name Engage Young People Early (ENYOY). It has the potential to reduce the likelihood of young people developing serious mental health disorders.
Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects on young people using the ENYOY-platform in relation to psychological distress, psychosocial functioning, and positive health parameters.
Methods: Dutch-speaking young people with emerging mental health complaints (N=131) participated in the ENYOY-platform for 6 months in a repeated measures within-subjects study. Psychological distress, psychosocial functioning, and positive health parameters were assessed at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months. Repeated measures ANOVA was conducted and adjusted for age, sex, therapy, and community activity. The Reliable Change Index and Clinically Significant Index were computed to compare the baseline with the 6- and 12-month measurements. The missing data rate was 22.54% and the dropout rate 62.6% (82/131).
Results: The primary analysis (77/131, 58.8%) showed that psychological distress decreased and psychosocial functioning improved over time with large effect sizes (P<.001 in both cases; η p 2 =0.239 and 0.318, respectively) independent of age (P=.76 for psychological distress and P=.48 for psychosocial functioning), sex (P=.24 and P=.88, respectively), therapy activity (P=.49 and P=.80, respectively), or community activity (P=.59 and P=.48, respectively). Similarly, secondary analyses (51/131, 38.9%) showed significant effects of time on the quality of life, well-being, and meaningfulness positive health parameters (P<.05; η p 2 =0.062, 0.140, and 0.121, respectively). Improvements in all outcome measures were found between baseline and 3 and 6 months (P≤.001-.01; d=0.23-0.62) and sustained at follow-up (P=.18-.97; d=0.01-0.16). The Reliable Change Index indicated psychological distress improvements in 38% (39/102) of cases, no change in 54.9% (56/102) of cases, and worsening in 5.9% (6/102) of cases. Regarding psychosocial functioning, the percentages were 50% (51/102), 43.1% (44/102), and 6.9% (7/102), respectively. The Clinically Significant Index demonstrated clinically significant changes in 75.5% (77/102) of cases for distress and 89.2% (91/102) for functioning.
Conclusions: This trial demonstrated that the ENYOY-platform holds promise as a transdiagnostic intervention for addressing emerging mental health complaints among young people in the Netherlands and laid the groundwork for further clinical research. It would be of great relevance to expand the population on and service delivery of the platform.
International Registered Report Identifier (irrid): RR2-10.1186/s12888-021-03315-x.
(©Marilon van Doorn, Anne Monsanto, Chen Lu Wang, Sander C J Verfaillie, Thérèse A M J van Amelsvoort, Arne Popma, Monique W M Jaspers, Ferko Öry, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, John F Gleeson, Dorien H Nieman. Originally published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth (https://mhealth.jmir.org), 13.12.2023.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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