Research Review Template - Final

Research Review Peer Feedback

Peer appreciated the variety of stats and qualitative details provided to help understand the topic. The primary audience appeared relevant and highlighted issues. He believed this is an important issues that is not talked about and has many opportunities. Peer did not have any criticism, but suggested possibly printing an article and highlighting key points.  

Research Review Prep Questions

User Context: 

Primary user- Anxiety therapy patients

Demographics and behaviors - Women, aged 18-29. Disengage from treatment and homework due to lack of specifications and get bored with alternative treatments due to lack of variety and non-customizable features.

Pain points/frustration- The need for well-articulated CBT homework that encourages women to take control of their therapy and strive for continuous improvement.

Problem Statement: How can we help young women, aged 18-29, be more engaged in their Anxiety therapy experience outside of the therapy space?

Supporting Data: See below for visualization of data

Constraints and Considerations: Internet excess, cost, awareness of administered treatment, avoiding overstimulation, including variety and customizability.

Desired Outcome: A successful solution to this problem would drive up the anxiety treatment success rate for young women. Women would be able to feel confident in their treatment and go on to not be burdened by their anxiety.

Readings

Homework in Cognitive Behavioral Supervision: Theoretical Background and Clinical Application

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9792257/

Insights

• Patients who are prescribed homework by their therapists often report better treatment outcomes as it helps patients apply what they learned in therapy 

  • • Outcomes of 14 studies comparing CBT homework patients to non-homework patients revealed the average patient prescribed homework reported better results than 70% of those not prescribed

•  Non-adherence stands as the biggest factor working against CBT homework, with an average of 20%-50% of patients

  • • This is often due to a lack of discussion of homework between patient and therapist and patients no longer seeing it as important

• Feedback from the therapist, specific instruction/expectations, discussion of potential obstacles and solutions, and proper homework acknowledgment with the patient(such as follow-up questions and praise for completing) help push back against non-adherence

• Recording the homework helps with discussion in a later therapy date

  • • This includes the interaction or event and anxiety levels associated

Barriers Associated with the Implementation of Homework in Youth Mental Health Treatment and Potential Mobile Health Solutions

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8183976/

Insights

• 68% of mental health providers and 55% of family providers report using homework in their treatment despite benefits

  • • Providers who do use it report only prescribing in 57% of their sessions

      • • CBT practitioners report 66%, non-CBT practitioners report 48% of their sessions

• In a national survey, 93% of mental health providers report patient adherence to be low to moderate

• 25% of providers use expert-recommended systematic procedures for prescribing homework 

  • • This includes specifying frequency, duration, location, and writing down this information for the patient- all methods proven to increase patient adherence

Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics

https://mental.jmir.org/2014/1/e5/

Insights

• From a study of 320 psychiatric patients, 70.6% reported interest in using an app/smartphone to track mental health symptoms 

Impact Ladder Worksheet

This exercise is meant to help identify the greater picture of the problem statement with short and long-term goals. It also helps identify positive outcomes that would ideally come out of a solution to the problem statement.

Behance Portfolio Link - Piece 1

https://www.behance.net/gallery/218277589/Three-Flavors-Parody-Packaging

Next Steps

• Research review meeting

• Make final survey edits 

• Move on to design preliminaries

  • • Sketches