Usage Patterns of an mHealth Symptom Monitoring App Among Adolescents With Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand usage patterns of SMART (Self-Monitoring Activity Regulation and Relaxation Treatment) mHealth app among adolescents with acute mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) and to identify individual characteristics that influenced app usage.

Methods

Setting

Emergency departments of tertiary care children's medical center.

Participants

Children aged 11 to 18 years with mTBI in the past 2 weeks, English-speaking, no evidence of severe TBI, and no preexisting neurological impairment.

Design

Nested cohort of the intervention arm of a randomized clinical trial (n = 34).

Mhealth app intervention

SMART was a month-long educational program on mTBI designed to promote self-monitoring and management of recovery. SMART included digital sym

SUBMITTER: Schmidt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203862 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature