BACKGROUND The newly developed app TellUs is a digital offering for psychiatric outpatient treatment that includes diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The aim of this study was to test the clinical efficiency and patient satisfaction of TellUs. METHODS Sixty-four patients with depressive disorder took part in the study for 3 months. The intervention group was treated digitally with TellUs and the control group received visiting treatment (treatment as usual) during that time. RESULTS In both groups, a significant decrease of depressive symptoms and general strain through psychological symptoms, along with an increase of quality of life in the psychological domain, was shown. Furthermore, both groups were highly satisfied with the treatment. CONCLUSIONS TellUs was shown to be equivalent to treatment as usual in terms of clinical efficiency and patient satisfaction.

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用于抑郁症门诊治疗的远程医疗。

背景 新开发的应用程序 TellUs 是一种用于精神科门诊治疗的数字产品，包括诊断和治疗工具。本研究的目的是测试 TellUs 的临床效率和患者满意度。方法 64 名抑郁症患者参加了为期 3 个月的研究。干预组使用 TellUs 进行数字化治疗，对照组在此期间接受访问治疗（照常治疗）。结果 在两组中，通过心理症状显着减少了抑郁症状和一般压力，同时心理领域的生活质量有所提高。此外，两组都对治疗非常满意。