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Using apps for bipolar disorder – An online survey of healthcare provider perspectives and practices
- Source :
- Journal of Psychiatric Research. 137:22-28
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Smartphone apps have recognized potential for improving access to evidence-based care in the treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). Healthcare providers are well-positioned to play a role in guiding patients to access safe, evidence-supported, and trustworthy apps. However, little is known about whether and how clinicians use apps with people with BD: understanding practices and attitudes of healthcare providers is essential to support the implementation of mHealth interventions in a real-world context. Methods A web-based survey was used to explore clinicians’ attitudes towards, and use of apps when working with people with BD. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize quantitative findings. Free text responses were investigated using qualitative content analysis. Results Eighty healthcare providers completed the survey. Approximately half of the respondents reported discussing or recommending apps in clinical practice with BD populations. Recommended apps were most commonly related to mood, sleep, and exercise. Barriers to discussing apps included a lack of healthcare provider knowledge/confidence, concerns about patients’ ability to access apps, and beliefs that patients lacked interest in apps. Conclusion Although research suggests that people with BD are interested in using apps, uptake of such technology among clinicians is more limited. A lack of clinician knowledge regarding apps, combined with concerns about the digital divide and patient interest, may account for this relatively limited integration of apps into the management of BD. These findings emphasise the importance of considering the information needs of healthcare providers when planning dissemination strategies for app-based interventions for BD.
- Subjects :
- Bipolar Disorder
Self-management
Descriptive statistics
Health Personnel
Psychological intervention
Information needs
Context (language use)
Mobile Applications
Telemedicine
3. Good health
030227 psychiatry
03 medical and health sciences
Psychiatry and Mental health
0302 clinical medicine
Mood
Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
mental disorders
Humans
Psychology
Digital divide
mHealth
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Biological Psychiatry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223956
- Volume :
- 137
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Psychiatric Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b742dede252540cd45b79bf64382af38
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.02.047