User Personas for eHealth Regarding the Self-Management of Depressive Symptoms in People Living With HIV: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth has enormous potential to support the self-management of depressive symptoms in people living with HIV. However, a lack of personalization is an important barrier to user engagement with eHealth. According to goal-directed design, personalized eHealth requires the identification of user personas before concrete design to understand the goals and needs of different users.

Objective

This study aimed to identify user personas for eHealth regarding the self-management of depressive symptoms in people living with HIV and explore the goals and needs of different user personas for future eHealth.

Methods

We used an explanatory sequential mixed methods design at the First Hospital of Changsha City, Hunan Province, China, from April to October 2022. In the q

SUBMITTER: Zhao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11888057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature