睡得好,少担心:为SMILE应用程序的开发而进行的联合设计研究
Marcus Cormier1, Matt Orr2, Alanna Kaser1
1Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Digital health
|October 14, 2024
概括
专为青少年焦虑和睡眠问题而设计的SMILE应用程序在日记和可视化等功能上收到了积极的反. 用户的投入引导了它的发展,显示了改善年轻人的心理健康的潜力.
科学领域:
- 心理健康技术 心理健康技术
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,年轻人的焦虑和睡眠问题增加了.
- 焦虑通常与睡眠问题同时发生,但干预措施经常忽视睡眠.
- 需要综合干预措施来解决青少年的焦虑和睡眠问题.
研究的目的:
- 设计和评估SMILE应用程序,这是一项针对年轻人同时出现的焦虑和睡眠问题的干预措施.
- 通过参与式的方法将用户的观点纳入应用程序的设计.
- 评估SMILE应用程序在改善年轻人的心理健康方面的潜力.
主要方法:
- 参与式应用设计方法被用于评估SMILE应用程序.
- 招募了17名 (15-25岁) 患有并发性焦虑和睡眠问题的参与者.
- 通过在线选调查,通过半结构化的共同设计会议收集了定性反.
主要成果:
- 参与者对SMILE应用程序的功能表现出热情,包括可视化,日记和心理教育.
- 反突出了设计改进的领域,例如字体大小和文本数量.
- 大多数参与者表示愿意使用或推SMILE应用程序.
结论:
- 在目标用户参与下开发的SMILE应用程序显示了增强年轻人的心理健康的前景.
- 需要进一步的研究和开发才能充分发挥该应用的潜力.
- 以用户为中心的设计对于心理健康应用的参与和采用至关重要.
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