WO2009037703A2 - Procédé, système et programme permettant d'assurer des interventions autonomes en cas de dépression en utilisant internet - Google Patents

Procédé, système et programme permettant d'assurer des interventions autonomes en cas de dépression en utilisant internet Download PDF

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WO2009037703A2
WO2009037703A2 PCT/IL2008/001251 IL2008001251W WO2009037703A2 WO 2009037703 A2 WO2009037703 A2 WO 2009037703A2 IL 2008001251 W IL2008001251 W IL 2008001251W WO 2009037703 A2 WO2009037703 A2 WO 2009037703A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/16—Devices for psychotechnics; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
    • A61B5/165—Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/16—Devices for psychotechnics; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H10/00—ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data
    • G16H10/20—ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H20/00—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
    • G16H20/30—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H20/00—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
    • G16H20/70—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training

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  • This invention is in the field of interventions of depression and in 10 particular self help interventions using an interactive internet or compure based program to prevent or to decrease depression symptoms.
  • the interventions offered for depression are psychological therapies, pharmacological treatments and electroconvulsive treatment.
  • Anonymity the patient has to admit to someone that he or she is suffering from a mental disorder and this carries a stigma.
  • This invention reveals an interactive self operative internet or computer program based interventions to reduce or prevent symptoms of the mental disorder called depression. 10
  • the treatment would be divided into lessons, questionnaires, exercises, homework and analysis of the results.
  • An object of this invention would be to divide the lessons, questionnaires, and exercises into four sections, namely mental, physical, social and nutritional. 15
  • Another object of this invention is to base the mental lessons, questionnaires, and exercises on the well known Cognitive Behavioral
  • Another object of this invention is for the lessons, questionnaires, and exercises to be carried out by the user of the program in the order 25 they are presented by the program.
  • Another object of this invention is to enable the user of the program to learn useful ways of thinking about his problems, improve his self esteem, improve his physical fitness, improve his mental immunity, integrate in positive and supportive social circles, learn and use 30 healthier eating habits, find optimal ways of relating to others and to be more assertive.
  • Another object of this invention is to enable the user of the program to enjoy life more, to be calm and accept suffering, when necessary.
  • Another object of this invention is for the program to be useable at any time of the day or night at the user's home using the internet to 5 access the program of this invention.
  • Another object of this invention is to affect the user's states of emotion, thought, and relationships, cope with emotional stress and improve symptoms of physical stress.
  • Another object of this invention is to affect the user's physical fitness 10 and mental health by exercises involving warming up, aerobic exercises, strengthening, and relaxation exercises.
  • Another object of this invention is to affect the user's social skills relating to identification of the problematic social circle, learning about the various social circles, association with the desired circle and 15 joining in.
  • Another object of this invention is to affect the user's eating behavior using positive habits, eating patterns, food supplements and foods known to alleviate depression.
  • Another object of this invention is to have a personal file for each user 20 where only the user or a person authorized by the user having access to the file.
  • Another object of this invention is to have and regularly update and store in the personal file the results of the exercises, questionnaires and homework, thereby enabling inspection and analysis of exercises, 25 questionnaires and homework to see progress and to determine the next level and quantity of exercises, questionnaires and homework.
  • Another object of this invention is for the exercises, questionnaires and homework to be in an interactive format, meaning questions could be asked taking into account the answers to prior questions 30 using algorithms to pitch new questions at the optimal level.
  • Another object of this invention is to use the information in the personal file to see the progress regarding the physical appearance of the user based on the results of the physical exercises and other factors like weight testing and thereby adjusting the nutritional exercises accordingly. 5
  • Another object of this invention is for the said progress charts to be produced in the form of graphs and/ or charts in table format.
  • an initiating procedure including registering a name, preferably, not 10 the user's real name, choosing a password and agreeing to the terms and conditions of the program.
  • the mental training Just before the beginning of the first section, known as “the mental training", the user is asked to fill a depression and anxiety questionnaire by clicking answers "yes” or "no".
  • the results are shown 20 together with a comparison with the results of the same questionnaire by the average member of society.
  • the user would keep his test results in his personal file. Every time the user enters the section
  • the first subsection in the first section of mental training is called
  • the questionnaires "depression and anxiety” and “complex thought processes” are again answered.
  • the graphs of the questionnaire 25 results are examined by the user to see if there is improvement since the first questionnaires.
  • the program could then ask the user to send to the operators of the program of this invention feedback regarding using the program namely criticisms of a positive and negative nature.
  • Dopamine and Serotonin, in the brain that have a positive effect on the person's mental attitude have a positive effect on the person's mental attitude.
  • the first subsection called "warming” would be a period of warming the body by doing initial physical exercises.
  • the user can choose background music of his choice.
  • the user would be encouraged to 10 clear from his mind disturbing thoughts and practice the discipline of doing exercises.
  • the program would show the user a live presentation how to do the exercises.
  • Aerobic exercises Here the user would do exercises to increase the heart beat and pace of breathing.
  • a user 15 who finds difficulty with the pace of the exercises can press a button to pause, return to the start or stop. This feature applies to all the kinds of physical training.
  • the program could then ask the user to send to the operators of the 30 program of this invention feedback regarding using the program namely criticisms of a positive and negative nature.
  • the next section is called “social training”. Entry to the section and the preparation before commencing the exercises is as described in relation to the section "mental training”.
  • the first subsection is called "social circles”.
  • the exercises help the 5 user to learn for example, to identify different social circles of people of which he belongs to; and which ones have a positive or negative influence on him.
  • the next subsection is called "identification”.
  • the exercises help the user to learn for example, to learn what is necessary to do to be 10 accepted into a social circle of a choice; and learn which needs could be fulfilled in a new social environment, for example, the need to be accepted, or the need to be loved, or the need to succeed and so on.
  • the next subsection is called "integrating". These exercises help the user to learn for example, how to join the most suitable group from the ones available, or how to start a new group with the assistance of 20 the program managers, to be more calm in order to assist integrating in a new group, and to test the relationships with family members, especially with parents, after finding a suitable social group.
  • the program could then ask the user to send to the operators of the program of this invention feedback regarding using the program 30 namely criticisms of a positive and negative nature.
  • the last section is called “nutritional training”. Entry to the section and the preparation before commencing the exercises is as described in relation to the section "mental training”.
  • the first subsection is called "habits”. By doing the exercises the user would for example, identify his or her eating habits and if they are 5 positive or not. The user could learn how good eating habits affect him.
  • the next subsection is called "eating patterns”.
  • the user would for example, identify various eating patterns and its characteristics.
  • the user could learn how new eating patterns can be 10 gradually adopted.
  • the user could make a self assessment and image assessment after having adopted a new eating pattern.
  • the user could be required to record food he eats for one week after adopting a new eating pattern.
  • anti depression diet By practicing the 15 exercises the user could learn for example, how to develop and keep new eating habits, how identify foods and eating patterns which ease depressive mood, and adopt eating habits to keep the right body weight.
  • the next subsection is called "food supplements”.
  • the exercises will 20 help the user to learn for example, to identify food supplements that are most suitable for him or her and check if that choice was a successful choice.
  • the program could then ask the user to send to the operators of the program of this invention feedback regarding using the program namely criticisms of a positive and negative nature.
  • the internet based computer program comprising four parts is designed to prevent or reduce symptoms of depression and includes a) Self evaluation by means of answering questionnaires to measure the extent of depression and anxiety. b) Self comparison with accepted norms regarding the degree of 5 depression. c) Self classification according to general typical characteristics of types of people in our society. d) Self testing of thought patterns and typical thought patterns. e) Exercises, homework, and tasks to ease the learning process 10 and the self training.
  • the program would include at least one hundred exercises.
  • the program would allow the user to evaluate his progress with on line graphs and tables of results in at least the following areas; 15 a) increase in speed of response, b) increase in alertness, c) increase in readiness to carry out new tasks, d) improved short term memory,
  • the program would enable the user at any time to choose relaxation exercises from the pool of available exercises.
  • the program would also prevent depression and anxiety symptoms as well as other emotional problems.
  • the program of this invention would strengthen and improve the 25 response to medical treatment and psychological therapy for depression, anxiety and other emotional problems and make their effect more efficient.
  • the program would include a method to measure the degree of depression according to the Hamilton Scale and the user could 30 evaluate on line his state of depression against the Hamilton scale.
  • Fig 1 is a flowchart of the main aspects of this invention.
  • Fig 1 shows a chart showing steps involved in this invention.
  • the user has to register himself 100 with the program including choosing a password. Then he would complete the appropriate forms and 15 answer the questionnaires 102 before starting the lessons and exercises.
  • the first set of lessons and exercises is in the section known as mental training 104. When all those lessons and exercises are completed or as many as possible, the user would move on to the physical training 106 and then the social training 108 and lastly the 20 nutritional training 1 10.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant des interventions interactives autonomes basées sur Internet ou sur un programme informatique visant à prévenir ou réduire des symptômes du trouble mental appelé dépression. Le traitement sera divisé en quatre parties, à savoir le mental, le physique, les relations sociales et la nutrition, qui comporteront des leçons, des questionnaires, des exercices, des travaux à domicile et une analyse des résultats. Tous ces questionnaires, leçons, exercices, travaux à domicile et analyse sont interactifs, ils sont enregistrés dans le fichier personnel de l'utilisateur et peuvent être présentés sous forme de graphiques et/ou de diagrammes au format tableau.
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