Design
Anxiety Disorder-7, depression, anxiety
The original RCT where these data were collected was designed to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the SilverCloud programs for anxiety and depression [Between June 28, 2017, and April 30, 2018, a total of 464 participants were invited to the original RCT; however, this study followed a longitudinal, retrospective design and included only patients from the intervention group (N=256). It captured the clinical assessments and platform use that occurred during the first 12 weeks of intervention use. While the main RCT used outcome data collected at research time points, this study used ROM data. As part of their treatment journey in IAPT, clients were prompted to complete the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) when they received a review approximately every 2 weeks. Hence, for each participant, assessments were available at baseline and at weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12.