Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health: Is Attrition the Achilles Heel?

07/06/2022
by   Adaora Nwosu, et al.
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Digit therapeutics are novel software devices that clinicians may utilize in delivering quality mental health care and ensuring positive outcomes. However, uptake of digital therapeutics and clinically tested software-based programs remains low. This article presents possible reasons for attrition and low engagement in clinical studies investigating digital therapeutics, analyses of studies in which engagement was high, and design constructs that may encourage user engagement. The aim is to shed light on the importance of real-world attrition data of digital therapeutics, and important characteristics of medical devices that have positively influenced user engagement. The findings presented in this article will be useful to relevant stakeholders and medical device experts tasked with addressing the gap between software medical design and user engagement present in digital therapeutic clinical trials.

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