Highly standardized patient assessments have been a fundamental pillar of mental health care and research for decades — in fact, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) were likely in widespread use in this field long before they were even labeled as such (Steinbeck, Ernst, Burger, Pruss: Nutzung von Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) im deutschsprachigen Raum, 2022). Nevertheless, improvements in data entry systems continue to present key challenges (Gelkopf, Mazor, Roe: International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 34, 2021).
With MAIA, patient surveys can be efficiently integrated into mental health care. Depending on the clinic’s needs, we set up data collection pathways that allow for both individual assessments and entire sets of measures to be gathered in a largely automated fashion. This includes multi-point assessments, such as those accompanying long-term therapies or ongoing medication. The analysis, score visualization, and trend tracking can be largely automated and presented in a clear and accessible way for clinical staff or researchers, with options for easy data export.
Patient-centered
- Easy access and simple to use
- In the clinic or conveniently from home (browser-based)
Automated & Efficient
- Multi-point surveys, customizable timelines
- Automated calculation of scores and trends
- Advanced tools for data analysis & visualization
- Integration with HIS or PDMS possible
Legally Secure
- eConsent
- GDPR-compliant
- No patient data outside the clinic
Patient-centered & Decentralized
Automated & Efficient
Legally Secure
- Easy access and simple to use
- In the clinic or conveniently from home (browser-based)
- Multi-point surveys, customizable timelines
- Automated calculation of scores and trends
- Advanced tools for data analysis & visualization
- Integration with HIS or PDMS possible
- eConsent
- GDPR-compliant
- No patient data outside the clinic
Mental health PROMs (interdisciplinary)
MAIA’s ePRO platform can usually be set up with the assessment tools needed in each clinic or outpatient service. Here's an example list of PROMs that are commonly used in mental health:
Mental health (interdisciplinary)
- PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9): Assessment of depressive symptoms and severity. The PHQ-9 has become a standard tool in many clinical settings.
- GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7):Screening tool for detecting anxiety disorders.
- WHO-5 (Well-Being Index): Brief tool for assessing mental well-being and depression.
- EQ-5D:Tool for assessing health-related quality of life; commonly used in medical research and health economics due to its simplicity, time efficiency, and international comparability.
- CORE-OM (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation): Measurement of psychological distress, well-being, and risk in everyday clinical practice, particularly for evaluating psychotherapy or counseling progress.
Psychiatry
- BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale): Captures the severity of psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression, delusions, or hallucinations using 18–24 items; commonly used for schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.
- PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale): Questions on the assessment, evaluation, and progression of positive and negative symptoms, as well as general psychopathology in schizophrenia.
- YSQ-S3 (Young Schema Questionnaire, shortform): Assessment of dysfunctional schemas (persistent
dysfunctional patterns of emotions, cognition, and bodily sensations; schema therapy).
Psychosomatic medicine
- FSS (Fatigue Severity Scale): Measures the subjective level of fatigue and its impact on daily life and quality of life. Especially relevant for patients with chronic conditions
- PDI (Pain Disability Index): Assesses pain-related impairment across various areas of life such as work, leisure, and social activities, and helps determine the level of functional severity in patients with chronic pain.
- PSQ (Perceived Stress Questionnaire): Captures perceived stress, distinguishing between positive and negative emotions, tension, and everyday demands.
Briefing MAIA ePRO for psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine
Psychiatry, psychosomatics, psychotherapy, psychiatric rehabilitation
Psychiatric and psychosomatic clinics, psychosomatic rehabilitation centers, outpatient mental health centers, and community psychiatric services
We integrate the tools / questionnaires you need and handle the licenses.
- Automated distribution and surveys along predefined timelines
- Patient access via link or text message without login
- Browser-based and optimized for elderly and sick patients
- Dashboards for managing patient data
- Visualization of scores and trends
- Automatic calculations
- Data structuring, for example, for quality reports
- One-click data export
Licence with flexible invoicing periods
Pricing tailored to customer requirements, annual flat rates, and a tiered pricing model
Pricing information upon request
The ePRO solution by MAIA was developed in collaboration with the urology department of the Medical University of Graz .
Another development partnership connects MAIA ePRO with the H2O project and the Medical University of Vienna. Further information on the collaboration of MAIA and H2O can be found here: https://health-outcomes-observatory.eu/health-outcomes-observatory-austria/