The effect of user interface on treatment engagement in a self-guided digital problem-solving intervention: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resources are spent worldwide on the development of digital platforms and their user interfaces (UIs) for digital mental health services (DMHS). However, studies investigating the potential benefits of different UIs for DMHS are currently lacking. To fill this knowledge gap, the aim of this study was to investigate differences in treatment engagement between two different UIs for DMHS.

Methods

A total of 397 participants from the Swedish general public were randomized (1:1) to use a self-guided digital problem-solving intervention during one week, either with an optimized UI (N = 198), based on user experience (UX) design principles and with automated features, or a basic UI (N = 199), analogous with a UI used in Swedish regular health care comprisin

SUBMITTER: Hentati A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8387893 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature