Depressive symptoms and web user experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression, as one of the most prevalent mental disorders, is expected to become a leading cause of disability. While evidence-based treatments are not always easily accessible, Internet-based information and self-help appears as a promising approach to improve the strained supply situation by avoiding barriers of traditional offline treatment. User experience in the domain of mental problems therefore emerges as an important research topic. The aim of our study is to investigate the impact of depressive symptoms on subjective and objective measures of web user experience.

Method

In this two-part online study (N_total = 721) we investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms of web users and basic website characteristics (i.e., content, s

SUBMITTER: Thielsch MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834939 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature