Pilot randomised controlled trial of Help4Mood, an embodied virtual agent-based system to support treatment of depression.

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Abstract

Help4Mood is an interactive system with an embodied virtual agent (avatar) to assist in self-monitoring of patients receiving treatment for depression. Help4Mood supports self-report and biometric monitoring and includes elements of cognitive behavioural therapy. We aimed to evaluate system use and acceptability, to explore likely recruitment and retention rates in a clinical trial and to obtain an estimate of potential treatment response with a view to conducting a future randomised controlled trial (RCT).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Telemed Telecare

Title: Journal of telemedicine and telecare

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISSN (Electronic): 1758-1109

ISSN (Print): 1357-633X

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2016

Volume: 22

Issue: 6

Affiliations

[1 ] Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, UK c.burton@abdn.ac.uk.

[2 ] Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania.

[3 ] Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.

[4 ] School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK.

[5 ] Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania.

[6 ] Parc Sanitari San Joan De Deu, Spain.

Article

Publisher Item ID: 1357633X15609793

DOI: 10.1177/1357633X15609793

PubMed ID: 26453910

SO-VID: 1c699186-aba3-4539-962c-68a670e3bf08

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Keywords: Ehealth,telehealth,telepsychiatry

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Keywords: Ehealth, telehealth, telepsychiatry

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