Usage and Dose Response of a Mobile Acceptance and Commitment Therapy App: Secondary Analysis of the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile phone apps offer a promising medium to deliver psychological interventions. A mobile app based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was developed and studied in a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Objective

To study usage metrics of a mobile ACT intervention and dose-response relationship between usage and improvement in psychological flexibility.

Methods

An RCT was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of different lifestyle interventions for overweight people with psychological stress. This paper presents a secondary analysis of the group that received an 8-week mobile ACT intervention. Most of the analyzed 74 participants were female (n=64, 86%). Their median age was 49.6 (interquartile range, IQR 45.4-55.3) years and their mean level

SUBMITTER: Mattila E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4981693 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature