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How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements
BACKGROUND: The Life-Chart Method (LCM) is an effective self-management treatment option in bipolar disorder (BD). There is insufficient knowledge about the consumers’ needs and desires for an e-monitoring solution. The first step towards a new mood monitoring application is an extended inventory am...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34851456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40345-021-00244-2 |
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author | Geerling, B. Kelders, S. M. Kupka, R. W. Stevens, A. W. M. M. Bohlmeijer, E. T. |
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description | BACKGROUND: The Life-Chart Method (LCM) is an effective self-management treatment option in bipolar disorder (BD). There is insufficient knowledge about the consumers’ needs and desires for an e-monitoring solution. The first step towards a new mood monitoring application is an extended inventory among consumers and professionals. METHODS: The aim of the current study was: to identify opinions about online mood monitoring of patients with BD and professionals and to identify preferences on design, technical features and options facilitating optimal use and implementation of online mood monitoring. This study used a qualitative design with focus-groups. Participants were recruited among patients and care providers. Three focus-groups were held with eight consumers and five professionals. RESULTS: The focus-group meetings reveal a shared consciousness of the importance of using the Life-Chart Method for online mood monitoring. There is a need for personalization, adjustability, a strict privacy concept, an adjustable graphic report, and a link to early intervention strategies in the design. Due to the fact that this is a qualitative study with a relative small number of participants, so it remains unclear whether the results are fully generalizable. We can’t rule out a selection bias. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the importance of involving stakeholders in identifying a smartphone-based mood charting applications’ requirements. Personalization, adjustability, privacy, an adjustable graphic report, and a direct link to early intervention strategies are necessary requirements for a successful design. The results of this value specification are included in the follow-up of this project. |
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spelling | pubmed-86365522021-12-15 How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements Geerling, B. Kelders, S. M. Kupka, R. W. Stevens, A. W. M. M. Bohlmeijer, E. T. Int J Bipolar Disord Research BACKGROUND: The Life-Chart Method (LCM) is an effective self-management treatment option in bipolar disorder (BD). There is insufficient knowledge about the consumers’ needs and desires for an e-monitoring solution. The first step towards a new mood monitoring application is an extended inventory among consumers and professionals. METHODS: The aim of the current study was: to identify opinions about online mood monitoring of patients with BD and professionals and to identify preferences on design, technical features and options facilitating optimal use and implementation of online mood monitoring. This study used a qualitative design with focus-groups. Participants were recruited among patients and care providers. Three focus-groups were held with eight consumers and five professionals. RESULTS: The focus-group meetings reveal a shared consciousness of the importance of using the Life-Chart Method for online mood monitoring. There is a need for personalization, adjustability, a strict privacy concept, an adjustable graphic report, and a link to early intervention strategies in the design. Due to the fact that this is a qualitative study with a relative small number of participants, so it remains unclear whether the results are fully generalizable. We can’t rule out a selection bias. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the importance of involving stakeholders in identifying a smartphone-based mood charting applications’ requirements. Personalization, adjustability, privacy, an adjustable graphic report, and a direct link to early intervention strategies are necessary requirements for a successful design. The results of this value specification are included in the follow-up of this project. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8636552/ /pubmed/34851456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40345-021-00244-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Geerling, B. Kelders, S. M. Kupka, R. W. Stevens, A. W. M. M. Bohlmeijer, E. T. How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements |
title | How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements |
title_full | How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements |
title_fullStr | How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements |
title_full_unstemmed | How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements |
title_short | How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements |
title_sort | how to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? a qualitative exploration of requirements |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34851456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40345-021-00244-2 |
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