Journal article
Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research
AD Bergin, EP Vallejos, EB Davies, D Daley, T Ford, G Harold, S Hetrick, M Kidner, Y Long, S Merry, R Morriss, K Sayal, E Sonuga-Barke, J Robinson, J Torous, C Hollis
Npj Digital Medicine | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2020
Abstract
Digital health interventions (DHIs) have frequently been highlighted as one way to respond to increasing levels of mental health problems in children and young people. Whilst many are developed to address existing mental health problems, there is also potential for DHIs to address prevention and early intervention. However, there are currently limitations in the design and reporting of the development, evaluation and implementation of preventive DHIs that can limit their adoption into real-world practice. This scoping review aimed to examine existing evidence-based DHI interventions and review how well the research literature described factors that researchers need to include in their study ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
A.B., E.B.D., E.P.V., J.M., D.D., R.M. and C.H. receive financial support from the NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative and the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. This work has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research. The views represented are the views of the authors alone and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Health and Social Care in England, NHS, or the National Institute for Health Research. S.H. is funded by an Auckland Medical Research Foundation Douglas Goodfellow Repatriation Fellowship, A Better Start National Science Challenge (UOAX190), Cure Kids Research Fellow. J.R. is supported by a National Health and Medical Council Research Career Development Fellowship ID 1142348. S.M. is supported by Cure Kids, a charitable organisation in New Zealand. J.T. receives unrelated research support from Otsuka. E.S-B's contribution was, in part supported, by funds from the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre and e-Nurture Network (ES/5004467/1). T.F. accepted an honorarium from Shire/Takeda to discuss transition for young adults with ADHD at the Nurses ADHD Forum and is a research consultant to Place2Be.