Jim van Os1,2, Simone Verhagen1, Anne Marsman1, Frenk Peeters1, Maarten Bak1, Machteld Marcelis1,3, Marjan Drukker1, Ulrich Reininghaus1,4, Nele Jacobs1,3, Tineke Lataster1, Claudia Simons1,5, Richel Lousberg1, Sinan Gülöksüz1,6, Carsten Leue1, Peter C Groot1, Wolfgang Viechtbauer1, Philippe Delespaul1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King's Health Partners, King's College London, London, UK. 3. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands. 4. Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK. 5. GGzE, Institute for Mental Health Care Eindhoven and De Kempen, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 6. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The experience sampling method (ESM) builds an intensive time series of experiences and contexts in the flow of daily life, typically consisting of around 70 reports, collected at 8-10 random time points per day over a period of up to 10 days. METHODS: With the advent of widespread smartphone use, ESM can be used in routine clinical practice. Multiple examples of ESM data collections across different patient groups and settings are shown and discussed, varying from an ESM evaluation of a 6-week randomized trial of mindfulness, to a twin study on emotion dynamics in daily life. RESULTS: Research shows that ESM-based self-monitoring and feedback can enhance resilience by strengthening the capacity to use natural rewards. Personalized trajectories of starting or stopping medication can be more easily initiated and predicted if sensitive feedback data are available in real time. In addition, personalized trajectories of symptoms, cognitive abilities, symptoms impacting on other symptoms, the capacity of the dynamic system of mental health to "bounce back" from disturbance, and patterns of environmental reactivity yield uniquely personal data to support shared decision making and prediction in clinical practice. Finally, ESM makes it possible to develop insight into previous implicit patterns of thought, experience, and behavior, particularly if rapid personalized feedback is available. CONCLUSIONS: ESM enhances clinical practice and research. It is empowering, providing co-ownership of the process of diagnosis, treatment evaluation, and routine outcome measurement. Blended care, based on a mix of face-to-face and ESM-based outside-the-office treatment, may reduce costs and improve outcomes.
BACKGROUND: The experience sampling method (ESM) builds an intensive time series of experiences and contexts in the flow of daily life, typically consisting of around 70 reports, collected at 8-10 random time points per day over a period of up to 10 days. METHODS: With the advent of widespread smartphone use, ESM can be used in routine clinical practice. Multiple examples of ESM data collections across different patient groups and settings are shown and discussed, varying from an ESM evaluation of a 6-week randomized trial of mindfulness, to a twin study on emotion dynamics in daily life. RESULTS: Research shows that ESM-based self-monitoring and feedback can enhance resilience by strengthening the capacity to use natural rewards. Personalized trajectories of starting or stopping medication can be more easily initiated and predicted if sensitive feedback data are available in real time. In addition, personalized trajectories of symptoms, cognitive abilities, symptoms impacting on other symptoms, the capacity of the dynamic system of mental health to "bounce back" from disturbance, and patterns of environmental reactivity yield uniquely personal data to support shared decision making and prediction in clinical practice. Finally, ESM makes it possible to develop insight into previous implicit patterns of thought, experience, and behavior, particularly if rapid personalized feedback is available. CONCLUSIONS: ESM enhances clinical practice and research. It is empowering, providing co-ownership of the process of diagnosis, treatment evaluation, and routine outcome measurement. Blended care, based on a mix of face-to-face and ESM-based outside-the-office treatment, may reduce costs and improve outcomes.
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Authors: Laila Hasmi; Marjan Drukker; Sinan Guloksuz; Claudia Menne-Lothmann; Jeroen Decoster; Ruud van Winkel; Dina Collip; Philippe Delespaul; Marc De Hert; Catherine Derom; Evert Thiery; Nele Jacobs; Bart P F Rutten; Marieke Wichers; Jim van Os Journal: Front Psychol Date: 2017-11-02
Authors: Simone J W Verhagen; Juliënne A Berben; Carsten Leue; Anne Marsman; Philippe A E G Delespaul; Jim van Os; Richel Lousberg Journal: PLoS One Date: 2017-10-12 Impact factor: 3.240