User Engagement Clusters of an 8-Week Digital Mental Health Intervention Guided by a Relational Agent (Woebot): Exploratory Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the proliferation of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) guided by relational agents, little is known about the behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement components associated with symptom improvement over time. Obtaining a better understanding could lend clues about recommended use for particular subgroups of the population, the potency of different intervention components, and the mechanisms underlying the intervention's success.

Objective

This exploratory study applied clustering techniques to a range of engagement indicators, which were mapped to the intervention's active components and the connect, attend, participate, and enact (CAPE) model, to examine the prevalence and characterization of each identified cluster among users of a relation

SUBMITTER: Hoffman V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10612009 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature