Patient and Provider Cocreation of Mobile Texting Apps to Support Behavioral Health: Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile technologies hold potential for improving the quality of care and engagement of patients. However, there are considerable challenges in ensuring that technologies are relevant, useful, and engaging. While end users such as patients and providers are increasingly involved in the design of health technologies, there are limited examples of their involvement in directly creating technologies for their personal use.

Objective

We aim to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of patients and providers creating mobile texting apps to support treatment goals.

Methods

In an 11-month usability study, we enrolled 4 providers and 28 patients in an intensive outpatient program for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Patients and providers created their own mobile

SUBMITTER: Arevian AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424494 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature