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Mobile phone and web-based cognitive behavior therapy for depressive symptoms and mental health comorbidities in people living with diabetes: results of a feasibility study

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Clarke, Janine, Proudfoot, Judith, Ma, Howard·2016·JMIR Mental Health

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BACKGROUND: Depression is often comorbid with diabetes; however, undertreatment of depressive symptoms in people affected is common. OBJECTIVE: We studied preliminary acceptability and effectiveness of a fully automated, mobile phone, and web-based public health intervention, myCompass, for reducing depressive symptoms and improving mental health comorbidities in people with diabetes. METHODS: In this single-group feasibility study, 89 volunteers with type 1 (n=34) or type 2 (n=55) diabetes and at least mild depressive symptoms used myCompass for 7 weeks. Web-based measures of depressive and anxious symptoms, functional impairment, diabetes-specific variables, and user satisfaction were completed at baseline, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: Retention rates were 54% (n=48) at postintervention and 36% (n=32) at follow-up. Depressive symptoms were significantly improved at postintervention (P<.001; within-group effect size d=1.05), with gains persisting at follow-up. Mental health comorbidities, including anxiety (P<.001), functioning (P<.001), and diabetes-specific distress (P<.001), also showed significant and sustained improvement. Satisfaction with myCompass was high, with convenience and ease of program use, and relevance of program content rated positively by participants. CONCLUSIONS: The myCompass program shows promise as an acceptable and effective treatment for depression and comorbid mental health problems in people with diabetes. The program is broadly available, free to use, and may benefit patients with diabetes who do not access services and/or wish to manage their mental health themselves. Replication of these findings in a controlled study is warranted.

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  • The original myCompass self-guided program has been shown to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in previous community studies (n = 89; n = 720).

    “The original myCompass self-guided program has been shown to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in previous community studies (n = 89; n = 720) (Clarke et al., 2016; Proudfoot et al., 2013).”

    From Predictors of acceptability and engagement in a self-guided online program for depression and anxiety (2021) · cites this paper as Clarke et al., 2016

    The Discussion (Principal Findings; page unavailable) reports significant, persistent reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms after myCompass use. But Clarke et al.’s n=89 study enrolled people with diabetes, not a general community sample; the Introduction describes earlier myCompass findings, while this paper does not establish the claimed n=720 sample size. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. [32]Robinson E Titov N Andrews G McIntyre K Schwencke G Solley K Internet treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial comparing clinician vs. technician assistance PLoS One 2010 5 6 e10942 10.1371/journal.pone.0010942 20532167 20532167 PMC2880592 · DOI · Paper page

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Authors
Clarke, J., Proudfoot, J., & Ma, H.
Affiliations
Black Dog Institute (AU)
Corresponding author
Clarke, Janine
Venue
JMIR Mental Health
Published
2016-05-31
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
e23
ISSN
2368-7959 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2417501979
Cited by
26
References
60
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5
FWCI
4.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • JMIR Mental Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Diabetes Australia
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Keywords
cognitive behavioral therapy, depression, diabetes mellitus, depressive symptoms, anxiety, diabetes distress, psychiatric comorbidity, mobile health, online intervention, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, user satisfaction, retention, functional disability

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