The role of technology and screen media use in treatment outcomes of children participating in a digital mental health intervention: a retrospective analysis of Bend Health.

Front Digit Health · 2025 · PMC12081425 · PMID 40385313

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approached significanceP = .062so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Notably, the interaction between months in care and screen media use approached significance for anxiety (z = −1.87, P = .062) and inattention (z = −1.90, P = .058), suggesting that children with elevated screen media use had larger improvements in anxiety and inattention symptoms than children with non-elevated screen media use.

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did not reach statistical significanceP = .085so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Mental health symptom severity decreased over months in care for all symptoms, though this main effect did not reach statistical significance for inattention symptoms (z = −1.73, P = .085; all other symptoms P < .05).

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a statistical trendP = .086so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

For opposition, there was a statistical trend towards greater time using technology predicting more severe symptoms (0.03 ± 0.02; z = 1.72, P = .086).

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