Insights of patients and clinicians on the promise of the experience sampling method for psychiatric care
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OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study aimed to map the relevance of the experience sampling method (ESM) for psychiatric practice and identify barriers and facilitators for implementation, as perceived by patients and clinicians. METHODS: Participants were 22 patients with various diagnoses and 21 clinicians (e.g., psychiatrists, psychologists) who participated in interviews or focus groups. Using Atlas.TI, the authors conducted qualitative thematic analysis to analyze the transcripts, resulting in four themes: applications, advantages, undesirable effects, and requirements for implementation of ESM in care. RESULTS: Clinicians and patients believed ESM could be relevant in every phase of care to increase patients' awareness, insight, and self-management; personalize interventions; and alert patients to rising symptoms. Further, ESM was expected to improve the patient-clinician relationship; lead to objective, personalized, reliable and visual data; and increase efficiency of care. However, participants warned against high assessment burden and potential symptom worsening. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides first evidence that the potential of ESM is recognized by both patients and clinicians. Key recommendations for optimal implementation of ESM in psychiatric care include flexible application of ESM, collaboration between patient and clinician, regular evaluation, awareness of negative reactivity, availability to patients with different psychiatric syndromes, and implementation by an interdisciplinary team of patients, clinicians, researchers, and information technology specialists.
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Recent reviews indicate that EMA is an acceptable and feasible data collection method in psychiatric samples.
“These reviews indicate that EMA is an acceptable and feasible data collection method in psychiatric samples as well”
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ESM assessment itself is increasingly considered an intervention for psychopathology, and there is first evidence of its benefits.
“First, ESM assessment itself is increasingly considered an intervention for psychopathology, and there is the first evidence of its benefits [30, 52].”
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A recent study showed that patients and therapists both recommended the collaborative personalization of the experience sampling method questionnaire for the implementation of experience sampling method in clinical practice.
“A recent study showed that patients and therapists both recommended the collaborative personalization of the ESM questionnaire for the implementation of ESM in clinical practice [30].”
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- Authors
- Bos, F. M., Snippe, E., Bruggeman, R., Wichers, M., & van der Krieke, L.
- Affiliations
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Rob Giel Research Center (Bos, Bruggeman, van der Krieke) and Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (Bos, Snippe, Wichers, van der Krieke), Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Venue
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2019-11-01
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 983-991
- ISSN
- 0022-1597 (ISSN-L)
- 1075-2730
- 1557-9700
- OpenAlex
- W2969842813
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 15.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.rug.nl
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- other-oa
- Locations
- Psychiatric Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- European Commission (HORIZON2020)
- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- ZonMw (451001029)
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- ecological momentary assessment, psychiatric nursing, implementation barriers and facilitators, patient perspectives, clinician perspectives, patient insight, self-management, personalized interventions, patient-clinician relationship, symptom worsening, assessment burden, clinical implementation
- MeSH terms
- Ecological Momentary Assessment, Adult, Aged, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotherapy, Focus Groups, Qualitative Research, Young Adult, Precision Medicine
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