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Text messaging as an adjunct to CBT in low-income populations: A usability and feasibility pilot study.
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This article outlines the development and usability-feasibility testing of an automated text-messaging adjunct to cognitive- behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in a public sector clinic serving low-income patients. The text-messaging adjunct is aimed at increasing homework adherence, improving self-awareness, and helping track patient progress. Daily text messages were sent to patients, inquiring about their mood. Additional daily messages corresponded to themes of a manualized group CBT intervention. These included (1) thought tracking (both positive and negative), (2) tracking of pleasant activities, (3) tracking of positive and negative contacts, and (4) tracking of physical well-being. We tested the adjunct in 2 CBT groups (1 English & 1 Spanish) consisting of 12 patients total during and after treatment. Participants responded at a rate of 65% to text messages, and they reported overall positive experiences. We propose that text messaging has the potential to improve mental health care broadly, and among low-income populations specifically, with cost-effective means.
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“Text messaging reminders have proven effective in increasing treatment adherence among POC community samples [54-56,63], including those in app-based mindfulness meditation studies [49].”
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“and that receiving this text messaging adjunct increases attendance.”
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“Indeed, EMIs have been used as an adjunct to therapy to increase homework adherence and reinforce therapeutic concepts in realworld settings.”
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“evidence from other studies suggests that app adherence and, thus, efficacy might be improved by extending program prompts and psychoeducational messaging beyond the original 6-week intervention period and/or providing mobile-friendly prompts (eg, text messages and app notifications) in addition to the emails utilized here [65,90].”
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- Authors
- Aguilera, A., & Muñoz, R. F.
- Affiliations
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- Venue
- Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
- Published
- 2011-12
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 472-478
- ISSN
- 0735-7028 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1323
- PMC
- PMC4267577
- OpenAlex
- W2019528246
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 39
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- FWCI
- 12.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Professional Psychology Research and Practice (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH094442)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (L60 MD003465)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- text messaging, cognitive behavioral therapy, depression, low-income populations, homework adherence, self-monitoring, mood tracking, automated intervention, Spanish-language intervention
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