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Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study
BACKGROUND: Recent research indicates that current mHealth apps for bipolar disorders (BDs) show crucial shortcomings. They lack important functionality, are of inconsistent quality, and are insufficiently evidence-based. mHealth apps need to be better adapted to the needs of users. The perspectives...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720363 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.9529 |
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author | Switsers, Lise Dauwe, Arthur Vanhoudt, Anneleen Van Dyck, Hilde Lombaerts, Koen Oldenburg, JFE |
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description | BACKGROUND: Recent research indicates that current mHealth apps for bipolar disorders (BDs) show crucial shortcomings. They lack important functionality, are of inconsistent quality, and are insufficiently evidence-based. mHealth apps need to be better adapted to the needs of users. The perspectives of adult service users with BD regarding mHealth apps have not been well investigated. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the needs and expectations of adults with BD regarding mHealth apps. METHODS: Two focus group sessions were organized in which patients’ views on self-management and design and functionality of an mHealth app for BD were assessed. During session 1, four focus groups were organized to identify users’ needs regarding support for self-management. Session 2 contained three cocreation focus groups. Through this method, the desired functionality and design were explored. RESULTS: Participants indicated that they were in need of support in various ways. Not only support in psychoeducation, including daily routine, sleep pattern, maintaining social contacts, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and avoidance of stimuli, was considered important for them but also gaining insight into their illness was found to be crucial. CONCLUSIONS: According to the participants, their illness-related information is a key factor in gaining insight into their mood pattern. Participants wanted a functional design that would increase daily use and prevent overstimulation. The results of this study should be taken into account when developing new mHealth apps. |
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spelling | pubmed-59561632018-05-30 Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study Switsers, Lise Dauwe, Arthur Vanhoudt, Anneleen Van Dyck, Hilde Lombaerts, Koen Oldenburg, JFE JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Original Paper BACKGROUND: Recent research indicates that current mHealth apps for bipolar disorders (BDs) show crucial shortcomings. They lack important functionality, are of inconsistent quality, and are insufficiently evidence-based. mHealth apps need to be better adapted to the needs of users. The perspectives of adult service users with BD regarding mHealth apps have not been well investigated. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the needs and expectations of adults with BD regarding mHealth apps. METHODS: Two focus group sessions were organized in which patients’ views on self-management and design and functionality of an mHealth app for BD were assessed. During session 1, four focus groups were organized to identify users’ needs regarding support for self-management. Session 2 contained three cocreation focus groups. Through this method, the desired functionality and design were explored. RESULTS: Participants indicated that they were in need of support in various ways. Not only support in psychoeducation, including daily routine, sleep pattern, maintaining social contacts, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and avoidance of stimuli, was considered important for them but also gaining insight into their illness was found to be crucial. CONCLUSIONS: According to the participants, their illness-related information is a key factor in gaining insight into their mood pattern. Participants wanted a functional design that would increase daily use and prevent overstimulation. The results of this study should be taken into account when developing new mHealth apps. JMIR Publications 2018-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5956163/ /pubmed/29720363 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.9529 Text en ©Lise Switsers, Arthur Dauwe, Anneleen Vanhoudt, Hilde Van Dyck, Koen Lombaerts, JFE Oldenburg. Originally published in JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 02.05.2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Switsers, Lise Dauwe, Arthur Vanhoudt, Anneleen Van Dyck, Hilde Lombaerts, Koen Oldenburg, JFE Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study |
title | Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study |
title_full | Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study |
title_fullStr | Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study |
title_short | Users’ Perspectives on mHealth Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Focus Group Study |
title_sort | users’ perspectives on mhealth self-management of bipolar disorder: qualitative focus group study |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720363 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.9529 |
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