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Appl Clin Inform 2024; 15(05): 986-996
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1790545
Special Section on Patient-Reported Outcomes and Informatics

Increasing Completion of Daily Patient-Reported Outcomes in Psychotherapies for Late-Life Depression through User-Centered Design

Emily Carter
1   Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Natalie Benda
2   Columbia University Irving Medical Center, School of Nursing, New York, New York, United States
,
Soohyun Kim
1   Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Yuqing Qiu
1   Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Zilong Yu
1   Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Faith Gunning
3   Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Dimitris Kiosses
3   Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Jo Anne Sirey
3   Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
George Alexopoulos
3   Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
,
Samprit Banerjee
1   Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
› Author Affiliations Funding This work was supported by the National Institute for Mental Health (grant no.: P50MH113838).
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Abstract

Background Treatment of depressive symptoms in older adults is a growing public health concern. Collecting patient-reported outcomes (PROs) may facilitate efficiently scaling psychotherapy for older adults but user-specific tailoring is needed to improve completion.

Objectives This study investigates (1) the effect of updating PRO collection tools for middle-aged and older adults with depressive symptoms through a user-centered design process on user completion of PRO questions, (2) what sociodemographic factors correspond with participant completion, and (3) how completion of PRO questions change during the course of a psychotherapy intervention.

Methods Analysis was conducted on 139 middle-aged and older adults with depressive symptoms from three clinical trials at the Weill Cornell ALACRITY Center. Overall response percentages to daily PRO questionnaires were compared before and after the implementation of findings from a multiphase user-centered design process. Grouped least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) was employed to examine which baseline factors correspond with patient completion and linear regression was conducted to explore the association. Changes in daily dichotomized completion over time were analyzed with mixed-effect logistic regression.

Results After user-centered updates, there was a significantly higher (p < 0.001) percentage of completion (mean [standard deviation (SD)] percentage, 67.0 [35.6]%) than before (mean [SD] percentage, 24.9 [28.9]%). Additional years of education, age, and total annual household income greater than $25,000 were significant with completion percentage. Mixed-effects logistic regression showed that the odds of high completion increased each day (OR = 1.019 [95% CI: 1.014, 1.023; p < 0.001]).

Conclusion This study has shown that user-centered technology tailoring may be associated with increased PRO completion among middle-aged and older adults with depressive symptoms. PRO-supported psychotherapies are promising for middle-aged and older adults with depressive symptoms. Likewise, this study has demonstrated the potential benefits of employing a rigorous user-centered design process with PRO technology.

Keywords

patient-reported outcomes - usability testing - user-centered design - older adults - psychotherapy - depression

Protection of Human Subjects

The study was performed in compliance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects and was reviewed by the Weill Cornell Medicine Institutional Review Board.




Publication History

Received: 15 March 2024

Accepted: 20 August 2024

Article published online:
20 November 2024

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