The development and feasibility of a personal health-optimization system for people with bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with bipolar disorder often experience ill health and have considerably reduced life expectancies. Suboptimal treatment is common and includes a lack of effective medicines, overtreatment, and non-adherence to medical interventions and lifestyle measures. E- and m-health applications support patients in optimizing their treatment but often exhibit conceptual and technical shortcomings. The objective of this work was to develop and test the usability of a system targeting suboptimal treatment and compare the service to other genres and strategies.

Methods

Based on the frameworks of shared decision-making, multi-criteria decision analysis, and single-subject research design, we interviewed potential users, reviewed research and current approaches, and created

SUBMITTER: Eiring O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5504814 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature