Implementation of a self-help mobile mental health app in COVID-19 frontline health care workers: A quality improvement project.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Frontline health care workers (FHCWs) have endured a range of adverse mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the widespread availability and ease-of-use of self-help mobile mental health apps, little is known about the feasibility of implementing such tools among COVID-19 FHCWs in real-world nursing settings.

Methods

This quality improvement project evaluated the feasibility of implementing the COVID Coach app among COVID-19 FHCWs in a skilled nursing facility.

Results

Participants endorsed high average ratings of the acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, knowledge, perceived usefulness of the app.

Discussion

Implications for the broader dissemination of mobile self-help apps are discussed.

SUBMITTER: DeVylder EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10256315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature