Self-monitoring and psychoeducation in bipolar patients with a smart-phone application (SIMPLe) project: design, development and studies protocols.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New technologies have recently been used for monitoring signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses and particularly have been tested to improve the outcomes in bipolar disorders. Web-based psychoeducational programs for bipolar disorders have also been implemented, yet to our knowledge, none of them have integrated both approaches in one single intervention. The aim of this project is to develop and validate a smartphone application to monitor symptoms and signs and empower the self-management of bipolar disorder, offering customized embedded psychoeducation contents, in order to identify early symptoms and prevent relapses and hospitalizations.

Methods/design

The project will be carried out in three complementary phases, which will include a feasibility study

SUBMITTER: Hidalgo-Mazzei D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4379950 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature