Connection to Care: Pilot Study of a Mobile Health Tool for Patients With Depression and Anxiety

Connection to Care: Pilot Study of a Mobile Health Tool for Patients With Depression and Anxiety

This is a pilot feasibility study of a mobile health tool (smartphone app) for primary care patients receiving treatment for depression or anxiety delivered in an integrated primary care-based behavioral health program.

This research is a feasibility pilot study of a smartphone app using mixed methods. The research seeks to answer the question: "Is a mobile health tool for patient self-management feasible, useful, appropriate, and acceptable for patients and care managers for patients with depression or anxiety treated in an integrated primary-care based behavioral health program?"

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be part of the Behavioral Health Integration Program for anxiety and/or depression; Must have an iPhone or Android smartphone with a mobile voice calling plan with a US carrier; Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individual unable or unwilling to accept the terms of the Ginger.io terms of Use; Actively suicidal as determined by a healthcare professional; score of 3 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 item 9 (which assesses thoughts of self-harm); or documented history of 2 or more prior suicide attempts; Working diagnosis of psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, dementia, active substance dependence