Publications by authors named "W Ilg"
Cognitive behavioral therapy for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder delivered via internet videoconferencing: a manualized sensor-assisted feasibility approach.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- 1-4% of children and adolescents worldwide suffer from OCD, and many do not have access to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), making online videoconferencing (vCBT) a promising alternative for therapy in a familiar environment.
- A study with 20 patients aged 12-18 conducted 14 weekly vCBT sessions, using a multimodal sensor system to monitor physiological and behavioral responses, finding that both patients and parents found the treatment feasible and easy to understand.
- Results pointed to significant reductions in OCD symptoms, with an average CY-BOCS score decrease of over 50%, and improvements in family life, indicating that vCBT could be a successful treatment method for
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on identifying valid digital-motor outcome measures using wearable sensors for spastic paraplegia type 7 (SPG7), a common spastic ataxia, aiming to reflect health aspects relevant to patients in early disease stages and suitable for multicenter trials.
- Gait analysis was performed in 65 SPG7 patients and 50 healthy controls, where 18 out of 30 analyzed gait measures effectively discriminated between the two groups, even in mild disease stages.
- Key findings highlighted that specific spatiotemporal variability measures strongly correlate with functional mobility and overall disease severity, indicating their potential as sensitive outcome measures for future trials.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines a sensor-based eHealth treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), highlighting its potential to provide therapy in home settings and collect data on patients' emotional and physical states.
- It involved 20 adolescents undergoing 14 video sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), using various sensors to track eye movements, heart rate, and behavior patterns during treatment.
- Results showed high participant satisfaction with this approach, improved therapeutic relationships, and a reduction in OCD symptoms, alongside a discussion of important factors for implementing sensor-supported therapy for young patients.
Background: With treatment trials on the horizon, this study aimed to identify candidate digital-motor gait outcomes for autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS), capturable by wearable sensors with multicenter validity, and ideally also ecological validity during free walking outside laboratory settings.
Methods: Cross-sectional multicenter study (four centers), with gait assessments in 36 subjects (18 ARSACS patients; 18 controls) using three body-worn sensors (Opal, APDM) in laboratory settings and free walking in public spaces. Sensor gait measures were analyzed for discriminative validity from controls, and for convergent (ie, clinical and patient relevance) validity by correlations with SPRS (primary outcome) and Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA), Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS), and activities of daily living subscore of the Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale (FARS-ADL) (exploratory outcomes).