Smartphone-Based Self-Monitoring in First Episode Psychosis: Mixed-Methods Study of Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement.

ABSTRACT: Despite growing interest in smartphone technologies to monitor patient outcomes, only a limited number of studies have investigated the long-term use of smartphone applications in patients with psychosis. Therefore, we have a limited understanding of facilitators and barriers to sustained engagement with these technologies in this population. This study aimed to examine the impacts of demographic and clinical characteristics on engagement with smartphone-based assessments in people who experienced a first episode of psychosis (FEP); to assess acceptability, barriers, and motivators influencing long-term engagement; to understand how to improve users' experience in future smartphone-based research; and to better understand participants' attitude toward the use of digital technologies in cli

SUBMITTER: Del Piccolo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12380402 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature