SimCoach Evaluation: A Virtual Human Intervention to Encourage Service-Member Help-Seeking for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression

doi:10.7249/RR505

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DOI	10.7249/RR505
报告编号	RR-505-OSD
	SimCoach Evaluation: A Virtual Human Intervention to Encourage Service-Member Help-Seeking for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression
	Daniella Meeker; Jennifer L. Cerully; Megan Johnson; Neema Iyer; Jeremy Kurz; Deborah M. Scharf
	2015
出版年	2015
页数	144
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	This report describes RAND Corporation researchers' assessment of SimCoach, a computer program featuring a virtual human that speaks and gestures in a video game–like interface, designed to encourage service members, especially those with signs or symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression, to seek help to improve their psychological health. The assessment included a formative component assessing SimCoach's design, development, and implementation approaches and a summative component assessing outcomes among participants in a user experience survey and a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Results of the formative evaluation identified both strengths and opportunities for improvement. For example, although SimCoach development processes were well-aligned with best practices for software engineering, SimCoach content development and evaluation processes could have been more tightly coupled to best practices in psychological health. The summative evaluation RCT did not show any SimCoach-related benefit in intent to seek help compared with that of control users not exposed to any intervention. However, secondary outcomes indicated that SimCoach users had satisfying experiences without distress. If SimCoach development is continued, greater attention to clinical processes and outcomes is needed so that the program can have its intended impact on help-seeking for PTSD and depression.
英文关键词	Computer and Information Science and Technology Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Health Screening Veteran Health Care Depression Military Personnel Students
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4219
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Daniella Meeker,Jennifer L. Cerully,Megan Johnson,et al. SimCoach Evaluation: A Virtual Human Intervention to Encourage Service-Member Help-Seeking for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression:RAND Corporation,2015.