An Integrative Engagement Model of Digital Psychotherapy: Exploratory Focus Group Findings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital mental health interventions, such as 2-way and asynchronous messaging therapy, are a growing part of the mental health care treatment ecosystem, yet little is known about how users engage with these interventions over the course of their treatment journeys. User engagement, or client behaviors and therapeutic relationships that facilitate positive treatment outcomes, is a necessary condition for the effectiveness of any digital treatment. Developing a better understanding of the factors that impact user engagement can impact the overall effectiveness of digital psychotherapy. Mapping the user experience in digital therapy may be facilitated by integrating theories from several fields. Specifically, health science's Health Action Process Approach and human-compute

SUBMITTER: Zech JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173033 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature