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User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study
BACKGROUND: Resilience is the capability, resources, and processes that are available to a person or system to adapt successfully in the face of stress or adversity. Given that resilience can be enhanced, using advances in technology to deliver and evaluate the impact of resilience interventions is...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34255696 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28677 |
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author | Mushquash, Aislin R Pearson, Erin S Waddington, Kayla MacIsaac, Angela Mohammed, Shakira Grassia, Elizabeth Smith, Savanah Wekerle, Christine |
author_facet | Mushquash, Aislin R Pearson, Erin S Waddington, Kayla MacIsaac, Angela Mohammed, Shakira Grassia, Elizabeth Smith, Savanah Wekerle, Christine |
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description | BACKGROUND: Resilience is the capability, resources, and processes that are available to a person or system to adapt successfully in the face of stress or adversity. Given that resilience can be enhanced, using advances in technology to deliver and evaluate the impact of resilience interventions is warranted. Evidence supports the effectiveness of the resilience-building JoyPop app in improving resilience-related outcomes after use; however, experiential data from users is also needed to provide a more comprehensive account of its utility. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore users’ experiences with the JoyPop app and their perspectives on its utility. METHODS: This qualitative description study involved a combination of group and one-on-one semistructured interviews with a subset of first-year undergraduate students who participated in a larger evaluation of the JoyPop app. Participants used the app for a 4-week period and were subsequently asked about their frequency of app use, most and least used features (and associated reasons), most and least helpful features (and associated reasons), barriers to use, facilitators of use and continuation, and recommendations for improvement. Data were coded and categorized through inductive content analysis. RESULTS: The sample of 30 participants included 24 females and 6 males, with a mean age of 18.77 years (SD 2.30). App use ranged from 1 to 5 times daily (mean 2.11, SD 0.74), with the majority indicating that they used the app at least twice daily. The Rate My Mood, Journal, and SquareMoves features were reported to be used most often, while the Rate My Mood, Journal, and Breathing Exercises features were identified as the most helpful. A number of themes and subthemes pertaining to facilitators of app use (prompts, creating routine, self-monitoring opportunities, expressive opportunities), barriers to app use (editing, lack of variety, student lifestyle), outcomes of app use (increased awareness, checking in with oneself, helpful distraction, emotional control), and recommendations for app improvement (adding more features, enhancing existing features, enhancing tracking abilities, providing personalization) were identified. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides insight into the aspects of the JoyPop app that motivated and benefitted users, as well as measures that can be taken to improve user experiences and promote longer-term uptake. Users were willing to engage with the app and incorporate it into their routine, and they valued the ability to self-monitor, express emotion, and engage in distraction. |
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spelling | pubmed-82993482021-08-02 User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study Mushquash, Aislin R Pearson, Erin S Waddington, Kayla MacIsaac, Angela Mohammed, Shakira Grassia, Elizabeth Smith, Savanah Wekerle, Christine JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Original Paper BACKGROUND: Resilience is the capability, resources, and processes that are available to a person or system to adapt successfully in the face of stress or adversity. Given that resilience can be enhanced, using advances in technology to deliver and evaluate the impact of resilience interventions is warranted. Evidence supports the effectiveness of the resilience-building JoyPop app in improving resilience-related outcomes after use; however, experiential data from users is also needed to provide a more comprehensive account of its utility. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore users’ experiences with the JoyPop app and their perspectives on its utility. METHODS: This qualitative description study involved a combination of group and one-on-one semistructured interviews with a subset of first-year undergraduate students who participated in a larger evaluation of the JoyPop app. Participants used the app for a 4-week period and were subsequently asked about their frequency of app use, most and least used features (and associated reasons), most and least helpful features (and associated reasons), barriers to use, facilitators of use and continuation, and recommendations for improvement. Data were coded and categorized through inductive content analysis. RESULTS: The sample of 30 participants included 24 females and 6 males, with a mean age of 18.77 years (SD 2.30). App use ranged from 1 to 5 times daily (mean 2.11, SD 0.74), with the majority indicating that they used the app at least twice daily. The Rate My Mood, Journal, and SquareMoves features were reported to be used most often, while the Rate My Mood, Journal, and Breathing Exercises features were identified as the most helpful. A number of themes and subthemes pertaining to facilitators of app use (prompts, creating routine, self-monitoring opportunities, expressive opportunities), barriers to app use (editing, lack of variety, student lifestyle), outcomes of app use (increased awareness, checking in with oneself, helpful distraction, emotional control), and recommendations for app improvement (adding more features, enhancing existing features, enhancing tracking abilities, providing personalization) were identified. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides insight into the aspects of the JoyPop app that motivated and benefitted users, as well as measures that can be taken to improve user experiences and promote longer-term uptake. Users were willing to engage with the app and incorporate it into their routine, and they valued the ability to self-monitor, express emotion, and engage in distraction. JMIR Publications 2021-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8299348/ /pubmed/34255696 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28677 Text en ©Aislin R Mushquash, Erin S Pearson, Kayla Waddington, Angela MacIsaac, Shakira Mohammed, Elizabeth Grassia, Savanah Smith, Christine Wekerle. Originally published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth (https://mhealth.jmir.org), 08.07.2021. 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 https://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Mushquash, Aislin R Pearson, Erin S Waddington, Kayla MacIsaac, Angela Mohammed, Shakira Grassia, Elizabeth Smith, Savanah Wekerle, Christine User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study |
title | User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study |
title_full | User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study |
title_fullStr | User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study |
title_short | User Perspectives on a Resilience-Building App (JoyPop): Qualitative Study |
title_sort | user perspectives on a resilience-building app (joypop): qualitative study |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34255696 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28677 |
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