Informing evaluation of a smartphone application for people with acquired brain injury: a stakeholder engagement study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Brain in Hand is a smartphone application (app) that allows users to create structured diaries with problems and solutions, attach reminders, record task completion and has a symptom monitoring system. Brain in Hand was designed to support people with psychological problems, and encourage behaviour monitoring and change. The aim of this paper is to describe the process of exploring the barriers and enablers for the uptake and use of Brain in Hand in clinical practice, identify potential adaptations of the app for use with people with acquired brain injury (ABI), and determine whether the behaviour change wheel can be used as a model for engagement. METHODS:We identified stakeholders: ABI survivors and carers, National Health Service and private healthcare professionals, and enga

SUBMITTER: Kettlewell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5975503 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature