Matic Megli?|Mirjana Furlan|Marja Kuzmani?|Dejan Kozel|Dusan Baraga|Irma Kuhar|Branko Kosir|Rade Iljaž|Brigita Novak Šarotar|Mojca Zvezdana Dernovšek|Andrej Maruši?†|Günther Eysenbach|Andrej Brodnik
Feasibility of an eHealth Service to Support Collaborative Depression Care: Results of a Pilot Study
University of Primorska|School Centre Celje|University of Primorska|University of Primorska|Psihiatri?na Bolnišnica Ormož|Community Health Centre Ljubljana|University Psychiatric Hospital|University Psychiatric Hospital|University of Primorska|University Health Network|University of Toronto|University of Primorska
treatments organizational changes supported ehealth beginning play important role improving disease treatment outcome providing costefficient care management improvehealtheu novel ehealth service support treatment patients depressive disorder offers active patient engagement collaborative care management combining web mobilebased information communication technology systems access care managersour objective assess feasibility novel ehealth servicethe interventionthe improvehealtheu servicewas explored course pilot study comparing two groups patients receiving treatment usual treatment usual ehealth intervention compared patients medication adherence outcome measures groups additionally explored usage overall perceptions intervention intervention groupthe intervention successfully implemented pilot 46 patients 40 female 46 patients 25 received treatment usual 21 received intervention addition treatment usual total 55 1225 patients former group 45 1021 latter group finished 6month pilot available case analysis indicated improvement adherence intervention group odds ratio 100 p 03 intentiontotreat analysis indicated improvement outcome intervention group ors ranging 035 18 p values ranging 003 20 confidence intervals large due small sample sizes average duration use intervention 107 days intervention well received 81 1721 patients reported feeling actively engaged control disease access high level information 33 721 patients also described drawbacks intervention mostly related usability issuesthe results pilot study indicate intervention well accepted helped patients course treatment results also suggest potential intervention improve medication adherence outcome measures treatment including reduction depression severity patients becoming healthy