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TY - JOUR AU - Palacios, Jorge E AU - Erickson-Ridout, Kathryn K AU - Paik Kim, Jane AU - Buttlaire, Stuart AU - Ridout, Samuel AU - Argue, Stuart AU - Tregarthen, Jenna PY - 2024 DA - 2024/11/27 TI - Effects of a Digital Therapeutic Adjunct to Eating Disorder Treatment on Health Care Service Utilization and Clinical Outcomes: Retrospective Observational Study Using Electronic Health Records JO - JMIR Ment Health SP - e59145 VL - 11 KW - digital therapeutics KW - app-augmented therapy KW - eating disorders KW - health care utilization KW - costs KW - real-world data KW - depression KW - emergency department KW - outpatient care KW - eating KW - treatment KW - therapy KW - retrospective analysis KW - electronic health record KW - patient KW - app KW - outpatient AB - Background: The need for scalable solutions facilitating access to eating disorder (ED) treatment services that are efficient, effective, and inclusive is a major public health priority. Remote access to synchronous and asynchronous support delivered via health apps has shown promise, but results are so far mixed, and there are limited data on whether apps can enhance health care utilization. Objective: This study aims to examine the effects of app-augmented treatment on clinical outcomes and health care utilization for patients receiving treatment for an ED in outpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care. Methods: Recovery Record was implemented in outpatient and intensive outpatient services in a California-based health maintenance organization. We examined outcomes for eligible patients with ED by comparing clinical and service utilization medical record data over a 6-month period after implementation with analogous data for the control group in the year prior. We used a logistic regression model and inverse-weighted estimates of the probability of treatment to adjust for treatment selection bias. Results: App-augmented treatment was associated with a significant decrease in emergency department visits (P<.001) and a significant increase in outpatient treatment utilization (P<.001). There was a significantly larger weight gain for patients in low-weight categories (ie, underweight, those with anorexia, or those with severe anorexia) with app-augmented treatment (treatment effect: 0.74, 0.25, and 0.35, respectively; P=.02), with a greater percentage of patients moving into a higher BMI class (P=.01). Conclusions: Integrating remote patient engagement apps into ED treatment plans can have beneficial effects on both clinical outcomes and service utilization. More research should be undertaken on long-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness to further explore the impact of digital health interventions in ED care. SN - 2368-7959 UR - https://mental.jmir.org/2024/1/e59145 UR - https://doi.org/10.2196/59145 DO - 10.2196/59145 ID - info:doi/10.2196/59145 ER -Fetched URL: https://mental.jmir.org/article/export/ris/mental_v11i1e59145
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