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1 Telemedicine – Can it Work in a Charitable Clinic
Telemedicine – Can it Work in a Charitable Clinic? Lisa Rigby, Executive Director, Metrocrest Community Clinic Joseph Trombello, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center Jason Tibbels, MD., Teledoc, Inc Nora Belcher, Executive Director, Texas e-Health Alliance Brian Posey, Regional Mgr, Lifesize

2 Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care
Behavioral Activation teletherapy for depression in low-income, charity clinics. Joseph Trombello, Ph.D. April 27, 2017

3 VitalSign6 VitalSign6 utilizes a web based application, VS6, to administer the Patient Health Questionnaire and Measurement Based Care (MBC) Assessment of depressive symptoms, Antidepressant treatment side effects, Antidepressant treatment adherence

4 PHQ-9 PHQ=patient health questionnaire
Total Score Depression Severity 1-4 Minimal depression 5-9 Mild depression 10-14 Moderate depression 15-19 Moderately severe depression 20-27 Severe depression PHQ=patient health questionnaire Available at

5 VitalSign6 PROJECT SUMMARY
August 18, 2014 – March 1, 2017 Total # total unique patients screened 30,774 # positive screens (%) 5,872 (20%) # negative screens (%) 24,872 (80%) # patients with a depressive diagnosis 3,634 # participating clinics 17 Remission Rate with at least 1 follow-up visit 34%

6 Behavioral Activation Teletherapy
(Trombello & Trivedi, in press; Trombello et al., under review)

7 Brief program outline One 60 min. intake; eight 45 min. sessions.
Using MBC instruments: PHQ-9 and GAD-7. Biweekly or monthly boosters. Involves consultation with PCP providers. Offer from PCP’s office or from patient’s home after initial intake.

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9 What is BA? Depression stems from under involvement in activities: the less you do, the less you want to do. Focus on helping people DO small, naturally-reinforcing behaviors that tap into pleasure and/or accomplishment. Each person has unique antidepressants. Structure/schedule activities following a plan, not a mood (work from outside-in). Trouble-shoot and problem-solve barriers.

10 Supporting literature
Substantial empirical support for treating MDD1 BA superior to Cognitive Therapy (CT) among severely depressed patients2 CT and BA both superior to antidepressant medication in preventing MDD recurrence/relapse3 Dimidjian et al., 2006, 2011; Hopko, Lejuez, Ruggiero, & Eifert, 2003; Soucy Chartier & Provencher, 2013; Weinstock, Munroe, & Miller, 2011) Dimidjian et al, 2006 Dobson et al., 2008 Cuijpers et al 2007: metaanalysis showed comparable activity schedule vs CT outcomes. Acute phase 16 weeks

11 Session breakdown Intake: Psychiatric evaluation, BA psychoeducation, activity tracking, readings. Sessions 1-5: Primarily BA focused for depression. Session 6: Some discussion of cognitive model. Session 7: Begin to discuss termination. Session 8: Relapse prevention/summarization. All sessions involve mood check-in, bridge, agenda-setting, review of homework, setting new homework, and client feedback.

12 BA activity scheduling
Focus on accomplishment too.

13 Relapse prevention

14 Descriptive Results: Sample
From, June 2015 to August 2016, 74 patients completed at least one therapy session and had a PHQ-9 score present at the intake. Patients were primarily women (79.7%), Latino/a (66.2%), and Spanish-speaking (54.1%). Patients were, on average, moderately depressed/anxious on intake. Mean # teletherapy sessions completed: 5.02. No ethnic, gender or language differences on PHQ-9 at participants’ last session or at the baseline session (chi-square) No language, gender or ethnicity differences on GAD-7 final session scores or baseline scores (chi-square). No language, gender or ethnicity differences on # sessions attended (chi-square)

15 Descriptive Results: Outcomes
The majority of patients not already in remission (PHQ-9 < 5) at intake who completed at least one therapy session achieved remission at some point during the course of therapy (n = 38, 52.8%). Most of those who achieved remission sustained that remission until final session (n = 33, 86.8%). When analyzing final-session PHQ-9 scores, individuals completing four or more psychotherapy sessions demonstrated statistically significantly lower PHQ-9 scores as compared to individuals completing fewer than four sessions (U = 675, Z = -3.49, p < 0.001). Clients completing six or more sessions demonstrated significantly lower PHQ-9 scores compared to those completing fewer than six sessions (U = 660.5, Z = -2.78, p = 0.003), while individuals completing all eight sessions demonstrated statistically significantly lower PHQ-9 scores compared to individuals completing fewer than eight sessions (U = 520.5, Z = -2.50, p = 0.006). Among GAD-7 scores, clients having a final GAD-7 score administered at session four or later demonstrated statistically significantly lower final-session-administered GAD-7 scores than those having a final GAD-7 score administered earlier than session four (U = 563.5, Z = -3.43, p < 0.001). Similarly, clients having a final GAD-7 score administered at session six or later demonstrated statistically significantly lower final-session-administered GAD-7 scores than those having a final GAD-7 score administered earlier than session six (U = 615.0, Z = -2.21, p = 0.013), while there were no significant final GAD-7 score differences between clients having a final GAD-7 score administered at session eight and those having a final GAD-7 score administered earlier than session eight (U = 523.0, Z = -1.50, p = 0.067). Correlations between the final session number at which PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scores were recorded and the recorded PHQ-9/GAD-7 scores at that final session reveal an inverse association of a medium effect size (r = , p < for PHQ-9; r = , p < for GAD-7), indicating that greater numbers of therapy sessions were associated with lower PHQ-9 scores, while greater numbers of GAD-7 administrations (a rough proxy of number of therapy sessions) were associated with lower GAD-7 scores.

16 Challenges Engagement in psychotherapy after intake.
Barriers in accessing care. Unique cultural challenges. Barriers to activation completion: Internal and External.

17 Acknowledgments Alma Sánchez Audrey Cecil Katherine Sánchez
Farra Kahalnik Corey Tovian Sara Levinson Eidelman Taryn Mayes Charles South Betsy Kennard Madhukar Trivedi Zach Christian Afrida Faria Briana Gil Kaitlin Kaiser Priscilla Phoutthavong

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