Application of an Adapted Health Action Process Approach Model to Predict Engagement With a Digital Mental Health Website: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital Mental Health (DMH) tools are an effective, readily accessible, and affordable form of mental health support. However, sustained engagement with DMH is suboptimal, with limited research on DMH engagement. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) is an empirically supported theory of health behavior adoption and maintenance. Whether this model also explains DMH tool engagement remains unknown.

Objective

This study examined whether an adapted HAPA model predicted engagement with DMH via a self-guided website.

Methods

Visitors to the Mental Health America (MHA) website were invited to complete a brief survey measuring HAPA constructs. This cross-sectional study tested the adapted HAPA model with data collected using voluntary response sampling from 16

SUBMITTER: Rouvere J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11339574 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature