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CLINICAL OUTCOMES

Outcomes That Speak for Themselves

Onrise tracks validated clinical measures across every athlete engagement. These are real numbers from real athletes in 2025.

80%
Report "Much Improved" or Better
PGIC — 2025 cohort
6 pts
PHQ-4 Symptom Reduction
Peak to stabilization
30%
High-Risk Athletes Reached
PHQ-4 ≥ 6 at intake
100%
Client Retention
Partner organizations
METHODOLOGY

How We Measure Outcomes

Onrise collects two validated clinical instruments across all athlete engagements: the PHQ-4 (Patient Health Questionnaire-4), a brief screener for depression and anxiety, and the PGIC (Patient Global Impression of Change), a 7-point self-report of perceived improvement. Data is collected at intake, post-session, and at stabilization — giving us a longitudinal view of each athlete's trajectory.

📊Data reflects 2025 athlete cohort across all Onrise partner organizations
PHQ-4 RESULTS

Clinically Significant Symptom Reduction

Among athletes presenting with moderate-to-severe symptoms (PHQ-4 ≥ 6), Onrise sessions produced a mean reduction of 6 points — dropping from distress into the minimal symptom range.

PHQ-4 Score Trajectory

Average scores across athlete journey stages

Moderate-Severe (≥6) Minimal (<3)
Intake (All)Peak (High-Risk)Mid-PointStabilization036912PHQ-4 Score (0–12)Moderate threshold (6)Minimal threshold (3)Intake (All): 4.5 PHQ-4Peak (High-Risk): 8.2 PHQ-4Mid-Point: 5.1 PHQ-4Stabilization: 2.1 PHQ-4
8.18
Average score at peak severity
High-moderate / bordering severe
6 pts
Mean reduction
Clinically significant improvement
2.09
Average score at stabilization
Minimal symptom range

This level of symptom improvement is associated in the literature with substantial reductions in suicide risk. 30% of athletes we served entered with PHQ-4 > 6, indicating moderate to severe symptoms requiring immediate clinical support.

PGIC RESULTS

80% Report "Much Improved" or Better

The Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) is a 7-point athlete self-report. In 2025, 80% of athletes rated themselves as "much improved" or "very much improved" after peer support sessions with Onrise.

PGIC Distribution — 2025

How athletes rated their improvement after Onrise sessions

80%Much / Very Much
Improved
Very Much Improved
38%
Much Improved
42%
Minimally Improved
12%
No Change / Worse
8%

Understanding the PGIC Scale

The Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) is a single-item, validated self-report instrument. Athletes rate their overall change in condition since starting sessions on a 7-point scale. Scores of 6–7 are considered clinically meaningful improvement.

7
Very much improvedOnrise avg
6
Much improvedOnrise avg
5
Minimally improved
4
No change
3
Minimally worse
2
Much worse
1
Very much worse

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