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Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps

BACKGROUND: Treatments for depression and anxiety have several behavioral and psychological targets and rely on varied strategies. Digital mental health treatments often employ feature-rich approaches addressing several targets and strategies. These treatments, often optimized for desktop computer u...

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Autores principales: Lattie, Emily G., Schueller, Stephen M., Sargent, Elizabeth, Stiles-Shields, Colleen, Tomasino, Kathryn Noth, Corden, Marya E., Begale, Mark, Karr, Chris J., Mohr, David C.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2016.06.003
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author Lattie, Emily G.
Schueller, Stephen M.
Sargent, Elizabeth
Stiles-Shields, Colleen
Tomasino, Kathryn Noth
Corden, Marya E.
Begale, Mark
Karr, Chris J.
Mohr, David C.
author_facet Lattie, Emily G.
Schueller, Stephen M.
Sargent, Elizabeth
Stiles-Shields, Colleen
Tomasino, Kathryn Noth
Corden, Marya E.
Begale, Mark
Karr, Chris J.
Mohr, David C.
author_sort Lattie, Emily G.
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description BACKGROUND: Treatments for depression and anxiety have several behavioral and psychological targets and rely on varied strategies. Digital mental health treatments often employ feature-rich approaches addressing several targets and strategies. These treatments, often optimized for desktop computer use, are at odds with the ways people use smartphone applications. Smartphone use tends to focus on singular functions with easy navigation to desired tools. The IntelliCare suite of apps was developed to address the discrepancy between need for diverse behavioral strategies and constraints imposed by typical app use. Each app focuses on one strategy for a limited subset of clinical aims all pertinent to depression and anxiety. This study presents the uptake and usage of apps from the IntelliCare suite following an open deployment on a large app marketplace. METHODS: Thirteen lightweight apps, including 12 interactive apps and one Hub app that coordinates use across those interactive apps, were developed and made free to download on the Google Play store. De-identified app usage data from the first year of IntelliCare suite deployment were analyzed for this study. RESULTS: In the first year of public availability, 5210 individuals downloaded one or more of the IntelliCare apps, for a total of 10,131 downloads. Nearly a third of these individuals (31.8%) downloaded more than one of these apps. The modal number of launches for each of the apps was 1, however the mean number of app launches per app ranged from 3.10 to 16.98, reflecting considerable variability in the use of each app. CONCLUSIONS: The use rate of the IntelliCare suite of apps is higher than public deployments of other comparable digital resources. Our findings suggest that people will use multiple apps and provides support for the concept of app suites as a useful strategy for providing diverse behavioral strategies.
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spelling pubmed-49365312017-06-16 Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps Lattie, Emily G. Schueller, Stephen M. Sargent, Elizabeth Stiles-Shields, Colleen Tomasino, Kathryn Noth Corden, Marya E. Begale, Mark Karr, Chris J. Mohr, David C. Internet Interv Full length Article BACKGROUND: Treatments for depression and anxiety have several behavioral and psychological targets and rely on varied strategies. Digital mental health treatments often employ feature-rich approaches addressing several targets and strategies. These treatments, often optimized for desktop computer use, are at odds with the ways people use smartphone applications. Smartphone use tends to focus on singular functions with easy navigation to desired tools. The IntelliCare suite of apps was developed to address the discrepancy between need for diverse behavioral strategies and constraints imposed by typical app use. Each app focuses on one strategy for a limited subset of clinical aims all pertinent to depression and anxiety. This study presents the uptake and usage of apps from the IntelliCare suite following an open deployment on a large app marketplace. METHODS: Thirteen lightweight apps, including 12 interactive apps and one Hub app that coordinates use across those interactive apps, were developed and made free to download on the Google Play store. De-identified app usage data from the first year of IntelliCare suite deployment were analyzed for this study. RESULTS: In the first year of public availability, 5210 individuals downloaded one or more of the IntelliCare apps, for a total of 10,131 downloads. Nearly a third of these individuals (31.8%) downloaded more than one of these apps. The modal number of launches for each of the apps was 1, however the mean number of app launches per app ranged from 3.10 to 16.98, reflecting considerable variability in the use of each app. CONCLUSIONS: The use rate of the IntelliCare suite of apps is higher than public deployments of other comparable digital resources. Our findings suggest that people will use multiple apps and provides support for the concept of app suites as a useful strategy for providing diverse behavioral strategies. Elsevier 2016-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4936531/ /pubmed/27398319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2016.06.003 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Lattie, Emily G.
Schueller, Stephen M.
Sargent, Elizabeth
Stiles-Shields, Colleen
Tomasino, Kathryn Noth
Corden, Marya E.
Begale, Mark
Karr, Chris J.
Mohr, David C.
Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
title Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
title_full Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
title_fullStr Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
title_full_unstemmed Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
title_short Uptake and usage of IntelliCare: A publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
title_sort uptake and usage of intellicare: a publicly available suite of mental health and well-being apps
topic Full length Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2016.06.003
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