mHealth Intelligence March 1, 2024
New research reveals that while a text-based CBT intervention was effective in addressing mental health symptoms, the time messages were sent impacted mood ratings.
On examining a text messaging-based mHealth intervention, researchers found messages delivered in the afternoon or evening improved mood among people with depression and anxiety symptoms more significantly than messages sent in the morning.
These results come from a recent study published in PLOS Digital Health that aimed to assess the efficacy of different components of a 60-day text messaging program based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Called the StayWell at Home intervention, the program was developed by the University of California Berkeley investigators at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team implemented the intervention through...
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