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OUR RESEARCH APPROACH
Highest research standards for the highest quality of evidence
We continuously conduct clinical studies to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of our medical devices at the highest level. In doing so, we strictly comply with regulatory requirements (e.g. MDR, MPDG and ISO 14155), which are incorporated into our compliance measures for the introduction of new products and product versions. Good clinical practice is not just a phrase, but is actively lived out.
Our ongoing studies
We are currently carrying out several studies to examine the effectiveness of our applications or to research new methods that will shape tomorrow's psychotherapy.
Psychological stress during studies
Students under increased mental stress
Elona Therapy
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Robert Enke Foundation
We have evaluated a short-term intervention program (n=110) who are suffering from increased mental stress as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study can be found here:
JMIR Mental Health, 2023
Pilot study elona therapy Depression
Psychological psychotherapists and patients
Elona Therapy
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne
In a randomized controlled clinical pilot study (n=82), we evaluated the safety and effectiveness of elona therapy as an accompaniment to outpatient psychotherapy for depression patients. The study can be found here:
Psychotherapy Research, 2023
Blended therapy in practice — realizing opportunities
Psychological psychotherapists and patients
Elona Therapy
University of Mannheim, University Hospital Düsseldorf
As part of user interviews, we examined the preferences and attitudes of patients and therapists towards integrated psychotherapy. The study can be found here:
JMIR Mental Health, 2022
Experiences with interlocked psychotherapy
Students under increased mental stress
Elona Therapy
University Hospital Düsseldorf, Robert Enke Foundation
As part of an integrated short-term program with elona therapy, we surveyed the experiences of 102 participants in semi-structured user interviews and evaluated opportunities as well as barriers to using integrated therapy.
JMIR Formative Research, 2023
Usability in interlinked psychotherapy
Students under increased mental stress
Elona Therapy
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Maastricht University, Robert Enke Foundation
In a secondary analysis, we evaluate the influence of the usability of the application, the working alliance and patient satisfaction on the improvement of depressive symptoms in integrated psychotherapy.
Pilot study — elona therapy Anxiety & Panic
Psychological psychotherapists and patients
Elona Therapy
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne
In a randomized controlled clinical pilot study, we are evaluating the safety and effectiveness of elona therapy as an accompaniment to outpatient psychotherapy for patients with an anxiety or panic disorder.
Human-technology interaction in psychotherapy
Psychological psychotherapists
Elona Therapy
University of Mannheim, University of St. Gallen
We study the influence of elona therapy on the work of psychotherapists. The focus is in particular on the therapeutic relationship with patients and the influence on everyday therapy.
Study on the structured waiting period for psychotherapy
patients
Elona Explore
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf,
In a randomized controlled clinical trial, we evaluate digital interventions while waiting for psychotherapy with test subjects with unipolar depression, anxiety disorder or adjustment disorder.
Clinical study — elona therapy depression
Psychological psychotherapists and patients
Elona Therapy
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne, TU Dresden, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
In einer multizentrischen randomisiert-kontrollierten klinischen Studie evaluieren wir die Sicherheit und Wirksamkeit von elona therapy als Begleitung zur ambulanten Psychotherapie.
PsyArXiv Preprints, 2024
Clinical trial — elona therapy Anxiety & Panic
Psychological psychotherapists and patients
Elona Therapy
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne, TU Dresden, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
In a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial, we evaluate the safety and effectiveness of elona therapy as an accompaniment to outpatient psychotherapy.
Quotes of our scientific
Advisory Board and our research partners about Elona Health
“I see psychotherapy as a 'help for self-help, 'in which psychotherapy content should be integrated into everyday life in the long term. Digital support can make a significant contribution to this integration of psychotherapy and everyday life and thus provide patients with targeted support.”
“Elona Health's digital health applications have great potential for a patient-oriented combination of classic 'analog' and pioneering digital psychotherapy.”
“Digitized applications expand the application options of psychotherapy. In the next few years, it is important to research how person-centered formats can be developed and optimized that support both patients and therapists: Example perspectives include transfer to everyday life, systematic self-observation, better homework compliance, and last but not least, better progress diagnostics and quality assurance.”
“Psychotherapy doesn't end after 50 minutes of a session. During the session, our patients learn new approaches, but the experience with the newly acquired knowledge, the implementation into daily action, requires trying out, practicing, changing in everyday life. Our everyday lives are now characterized by digital applications. Why not psychotherapy too? When patients use the help of a digital application such as elona therapy, they can immediately record changes in their behavior, thoughts and feelings and use them for the next session. elona therapy can help anchor psychotherapy in everyday life.”
“In my opinion, the intensive involvement of patients and care providers in the development process is exactly the right approach for developing solutions that are widely accepted in the healthcare system and generate high benefits. Together with its scientific partners, Elona Health is consistently pursuing exactly this approach.”
“The urgent need for digital support for patients — to continue working on their complaints between therapy sessions — has long been clear to many of my colleagues. Elona Health has also recognized this need, and I find their offering enormously valuable for my patients and the therapeutic relationship.”
