利益相关者对现有的"如何选择心理健康应用程序"指南的看法和意见
Wishah Khan1, Bertina Jebanesan1, Sarah Ahmed1
1Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in public health
|December 11, 2023
概括
选择心理健康应用程序需要明确的指导方针和卫生专业人员的参与. 目前的评估工具缺乏严格性,需要改进的评估方法,以有效地实施mHealth应用程序.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 心理健康技术 技术 心理健康技术
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 心理健康应用程序 (mHealth Apps) 在医疗保健提供中提供了变革性的潜力.
- 在了解和评估mHealth应用程序的有效性方面存在重大差距.
- 通过对mHealth应用程序的评估和评估工具 (AETs) 提供有限的指导.
研究的目的:
- 探索 AET 开发人员的观点和最终用户与 mHealth 应用程序的经验.
- 在开发和使用mHealth应用程序的AET中确定优点,弱点和障碍.
- 了解用户体验和使用mHealth应用程序的障碍,并量化选择mHealth应用程序的主题.
主要方法:
- 使用半结构面试对六个主要利益相关者进行定性研究.
- 研究人员对采访数据进行主题内容分析.
- 对107人进行匿名在线调查,以收集更广泛的用户观点.
主要成果:
- 利益相关者证实了mHealth应用程序对心理健康的重大影响.
- 终端用户在很大程度上不知道可用的mHealth应用程序和AETs,需要明确的,无冲突的指导方针应用程序评估由于商业利益.
- 严格的方法对于AET的开发和评估至关重要;卫生专业人员是指导 (84%) 和指导方针 (70%) 的首选来源.
结论:
- 严格需要对mHealth应用程序进行监管,并积极参与卫生专业人员的实施.
- 没有在医疗保健系统评估中明确定义的角色,AETs的广泛采用和影响不太可能.
- 未来的发展应该侧重于严格的评估框架和专业指导mHealth应用程序的选择和使用.
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