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User experience and acceptance of patients and healthy adults testing a personalized self-management app for depression: A non-randomized mixed-methods feasibility study.
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Digital health [Digit Health] 2022 Apr 07; Vol. 8, pp. 20552076221091353. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 07 (Print Publication: 2022). - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: Previous studies have shown positive treatment outcomes of e-mental health applications targeting depression. However, few applications provide personalized features. The aim of the present study is to ask for the user experience and acceptance of patients with depression and healthy adults, who tested the self-management app Self-administered Psycho Therapy SystemS over a period of 5 days. The results serve as a source for evidence-based recommendations for developers and clinicians.<br />Methods: A total of 110 participants (41 patients and 69 healthy controls) tested the app Self-administered Psycho Therapy SystemS over a period of 5 days and completed evaluation sheets developed for the purpose of this study. Quantitative measures were asked with 5-point Likert-scaled items (range: -2 to + 2) for the perceived quality of the programme and its components, its practicality (both referred to as user experience) and its acceptance. Student's t -tests and Pearson correlations were calculated for group comparisons and associations, respectively. Open text fields were analysed by applying a qualitative structuring content analysis.<br />Results: The perceived quality of the total programme was rated with M = 0.96 (SD = 0.82), the practicality was M = 0.84 (SD = 0.08) and the acceptance was M = 0.25 (SD = 1.04). Patients rated perceived quality of the total programme and acceptance higher than healthy adults, while there was no difference in practicality. Acceptance was associated with increased depression scores (r = 0.33, p = .01), higher scores of perceived quality of the total programme (r = 0.48, p < .001) and of practicality (r = 0.45, p < .001). Feedback of both groups regarding usability, therapeutic content and personalization revealed a strong wish for guidance and insights into mood progress, opportunities for choice of interventions and features of customization for individualized treatment.<br />Conclusions: Patients with depression accepted the app Self-administered Psycho Therapy SystemS more than healthy adults and gave higher ratings in quality. User experience of all users shows a need for features of guidance, choice and personalization that clinicians and developers of future apps should pay attention to.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: MS is an employee of medisite GmbH that created the intervention (SELFPASS) that was used in this study. Medisite GmbH is interested in post-research development and subsequent commercial launching of SELFPASS. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2022.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2055-2076
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Digital health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35425641
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221091353