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Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study

BACKGROUND: Digital technology, the internet, and social media are increasingly investigated as promising means for monitoring symptoms and delivering mental health treatment. These apps and interventions have demonstrated preliminary acceptability and feasibility, but previous reports suggest that...

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Autores principales: Franco, Olivia H, Calkins, Monica E, Giorgi, Salvatore, Ungar, Lyle H, Gur, Raquel E, Kohler, Christian G, Tang, Sunny X
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9308069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35802420
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30230
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author Franco, Olivia H
Calkins, Monica E
Giorgi, Salvatore
Ungar, Lyle H
Gur, Raquel E
Kohler, Christian G
Tang, Sunny X
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Calkins, Monica E
Giorgi, Salvatore
Ungar, Lyle H
Gur, Raquel E
Kohler, Christian G
Tang, Sunny X
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description BACKGROUND: Digital technology, the internet, and social media are increasingly investigated as promising means for monitoring symptoms and delivering mental health treatment. These apps and interventions have demonstrated preliminary acceptability and feasibility, but previous reports suggest that access to technology may still be limited among individuals with psychotic disorders relative to the general population. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated and compared access to and use of technology and social media in young adults with psychotic disorders (PD), young adults with clinical risk for psychosis (CR), and psychosis-free youths (PF). METHODS: Participants were recruited through a coordinated specialty care clinic dedicated toward early psychosis as well as ongoing studies. We surveyed 21 PD, 23 CR, and 15 PF participants regarding access to technology and use of social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter. Statistical analyses were conducted in R. Categorical variables were compared among groups using Fisher exact test, continuous variables were compared using 1-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regressions were used to evaluate for covariates. RESULTS: Access to technology and social media were similar among PD, CR, and PF participants. Individuals with PD, but not CR, were less likely to post at a weekly or higher frequency compared to PF individuals. We found that decreased active social media posting was unique to psychotic disorders and did not occur with other psychiatric diagnoses or demographic variables. Additionally, variation in age, sex, and White versus non-White race did not affect posting frequency. CONCLUSIONS: For young people with psychosis spectrum disorders, there appears to be no “technology gap” limiting the implementation of digital and mobile health interventions. Active posting to social media was reduced for individuals with psychosis, which may be related to negative symptoms or impairment in social functioning.
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spelling pubmed-93080692022-07-24 Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study Franco, Olivia H Calkins, Monica E Giorgi, Salvatore Ungar, Lyle H Gur, Raquel E Kohler, Christian G Tang, Sunny X JMIR Form Res Original Paper BACKGROUND: Digital technology, the internet, and social media are increasingly investigated as promising means for monitoring symptoms and delivering mental health treatment. These apps and interventions have demonstrated preliminary acceptability and feasibility, but previous reports suggest that access to technology may still be limited among individuals with psychotic disorders relative to the general population. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated and compared access to and use of technology and social media in young adults with psychotic disorders (PD), young adults with clinical risk for psychosis (CR), and psychosis-free youths (PF). METHODS: Participants were recruited through a coordinated specialty care clinic dedicated toward early psychosis as well as ongoing studies. We surveyed 21 PD, 23 CR, and 15 PF participants regarding access to technology and use of social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter. Statistical analyses were conducted in R. Categorical variables were compared among groups using Fisher exact test, continuous variables were compared using 1-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regressions were used to evaluate for covariates. RESULTS: Access to technology and social media were similar among PD, CR, and PF participants. Individuals with PD, but not CR, were less likely to post at a weekly or higher frequency compared to PF individuals. We found that decreased active social media posting was unique to psychotic disorders and did not occur with other psychiatric diagnoses or demographic variables. Additionally, variation in age, sex, and White versus non-White race did not affect posting frequency. CONCLUSIONS: For young people with psychosis spectrum disorders, there appears to be no “technology gap” limiting the implementation of digital and mobile health interventions. Active posting to social media was reduced for individuals with psychosis, which may be related to negative symptoms or impairment in social functioning. JMIR Publications 2022-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9308069/ /pubmed/35802420 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30230 Text en ©Olivia H Franco, Monica E Calkins, Salvatore Giorgi, Lyle H Ungar, Raquel E Gur, Christian G Kohler, Sunny X Tang. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 08.07.2022. 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 Formative Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://formative.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Franco, Olivia H
Calkins, Monica E
Giorgi, Salvatore
Ungar, Lyle H
Gur, Raquel E
Kohler, Christian G
Tang, Sunny X
Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study
title Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study
title_full Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study
title_fullStr Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study
title_short Feasibility of Mobile Health and Social Media–Based Interventions for Young Adults With Early Psychosis and Clinical Risk for Psychosis: Survey Study
title_sort feasibility of mobile health and social media–based interventions for young adults with early psychosis and clinical risk for psychosis: survey study
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9308069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35802420
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30230
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