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OUR RESEARCH APPROACH
Highest research standards for the highest quality of evidence
We continuously conduct clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy and safety of our medical devices at the highest level. In doing so, we strictly adhere to regulatory requirements (e.g. MDR, MPDG and ISO 14155), which are incorporated into our compliance measures for the introduction of new products or product versions. Good clinical practice is not just a phrase, but is actively lived.
Our ongoing studies
We are currently conducting several studies to investigate the efficacy of our applications or to explore new methods that will shape tomorrow's psychotherapy.
Psychological stress during studies
Students under increased mental stress
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Robert Enke Foundation
We evaluated a short-term intervention program for students (n=110) experiencing increased mental distress in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study can be found here:
JMIR Mental Health, 2022
Pilot study elona therapy depression
Psych. psychotherapists and patients
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne
In a randomized-controlled clinical pilot study (n=80), we evaluated the safety and efficacy of elona therapy as an adjunct to outpatient psychotherapy in depression patients. The study can be found here:
PsyArXiv, 2023
Blended therapy in practice - realising opportunities
Psych. psychotherapists and patients
University of Mannheim, University Hospital Düsseldorf
Through user interviews, we explored patient and practitioner preferences and attitudes toward interlocked psychotherapy. The study can be found here:
JMIR Mental Health, 2022
Experience with interlocked psychotherapy
Students under increased mental stress
Düsseldorf University Hospital, Robert Enke Foundation
As part of an interlocked short-term program with elona therapy, we surveyed the experiences of 102 participants in semistructured user interviews and evaluated opportunities as well as barriers to using interlocked therapy.
JMIR Formative Research, 2023
Pilot study elona therapy anxiety & panic
Psych. psychotherapists and patients
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne
In a randomized controlled clinical pilot study we evaluate the safety and efficacy of elona therapy as an adjunct to outpatient psychotherapy in patients with anxiety or panic disorder.
Human-Technology Interaction in Psychotherapy
Psychological psychotherapists
University of Mannheim, University of St. Gallen
We investigate the influence of elona therapy on the work of psychotherapists. The focus is especially on the therapeutic relationship with patients and the influence on the daily therapy routine.
Clinical trial - depression and anxiety
Psych. psychotherapists and patients
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, AVT Cologne, TU Dresden, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
We are evaluating the safety and efficacy of elona therapy as an adjunct to outpatient psychotherapy in a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial.
Quotes from our scientific advisory board and research partners about Elona Health
"I understand psychotherapy as 'help for self-help', in which the content of psychotherapy should be integrated into everyday life in the long term. Digital support can make a significant contribution to this dovetailing of psychotherapy and everyday life and thus provide targeted support for patients.
"Elona Health's digital health applications have great potential for patient-centered integration of traditional 'analog' and cutting-edge digital psychotherapy."
"Digitized applications expand the range of treatment options for psychotherapy. In the next few years, we need to explore how person-centered formats can be developed and optimized to support both patients and therapists: Example perspectives include transfer to everyday life, systematic self-monitoring, better homework compliance, and last but not least, better progress diagnostics and quality assurance."
"Psychotherapy does not end after 50 minutes of a session. Our patients learn new approaches in the session, but the experience with the newly acquired, the implementation in daily life, requires trying out, practicing, changing in everyday life. Our everyday life is now shaped by digital applications. Why not psychotherapy as well? If patients use a digital application like 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 healthcare providers in the development process is exactly the right approach to developing solutions that are broadly accepted in the healthcare system and generate high benefits. Elona Health, together with its scientific partners, is consistently pursuing exactly this approach."
"The urgent need for digital support for patients - to continue working on their conditions between therapy sessions - has been clear to many of my colleagues for a long time. Elona Health has also recognized this need, and I find their offering enormously valuable to my patients and the therapeutic relationship."
