User Perspectives of Mood-Monitoring Apps Available to Young People: Qualitative Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health apps are increasingly available and used in a clinical context to monitor young people's mood and mental health. Despite the benefits of accessibility and cost-effectiveness, consumer engagement remains a hurdle for uptake and continued use. Hundreds of mood-monitoring apps are publicly available to young people on app stores; however, few studies have examined consumer perspectives. App store reviews held on Google and Apple platforms provide a large, rich source of naturally generated, publicly available user reviews. Although commercial developers use these data to modify and improve their apps, to date, there has been very little in-depth evaluation of app store user reviews within scientific research, and our current understanding of what makes apps en

SUBMITTER: Widnall E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585773 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature