FiD: a smartphone application for anxiety assessment: two weeks study

Psychiatriki. 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2021.037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAnxiety disorders affect approximately one in six people, causing significant problems in their quality of life and that of their families with a significant percentage of mentally ill people not showing compliance with treatment or not receiving appropriate treatment. Research data therefore reveal the need to develop new and effective interventions that will improve the compliance and therapeutic management of the mentally ill. Because of the recent technological advancement, the field of electronic mental health applications (MHapps) offers unique opportunities which can contribute to self-management of mental health problems and patient compliance, as well as to development of preventive and therapeutic interventions. Mental health applications (MHapps) offer a unique opportunity for expanding availability and quality of treatment of mental health disorders, however few applications have been carefully assessed so far making their effectiveness questionable. The present study investigated the effect of MHapp FiD (Feel-Identity) on anxiety- an innovative electronic prototype application-in a sample of adults over a two-week period. Participants made daily use of the application, based on self-monitoring and self-recording in accordance with the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy protocol, with feedback interventions being fully automated. In order to investigate anxiety levels, the STAI ques...
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