Care pathways combining digital therapeutics and conventional care for musculoskeletal disorders: State sequence analyses of 4-year claims data
This study emphasizes the need to individualize the prescription of DTx and supplementary treatments based on patient age and complexity. The combination of DTx and conventional care is especially promising for patient groups with high pain chronicity risks.
Authors
- Birgitta Weltermann
- Udo Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7079-4721)
- Silke Frey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-7647)
- Annika Schmitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7918-6569)
- Linda Kerkemeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5546-8394)
Institutions
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Techniker Krankenkasse (Germany) (DE)
- Siemens Healthineers (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Digital Health
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251378626
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00