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Real-world Implementation of a Smartphone-Based Psychoeducation Program for Bipolar Disorder : Observational Ecological Study
García-Estela, Aitana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Cantillo, Jordi
Angarita-Osorio, Natalia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Mur Milà, Estanislao (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona)
Anmella, Gerard (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Pérez Solà, Víctor (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Vieta, Eduard (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Hidalgo-Mazzei, Diego (King's College London. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience)
Colom, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)

Fecha: 2022
Resumen: SIMPLe is an internet-delivered self-management mobile app for bipolar disorder (BD) designed to combine technology with evidence-based interventions and facilitate access to psychoeducational content. The SIMPLe app was launched to the real world to make it available worldwide within the context of BD treatment. The main aims of this study are as follows: to describe app use, engagement, and retention rates based on server data; to identify patterns of user retention over the first 6-month follow-up of use; and to explore potential factors contributing to discontinuation of app use. This was an observational ecological study in which we pooled available data from a real-world implementation of the SIMPLe app. Participation was open on the project website, and the data-collection sources were a web-based questionnaire on clinical data and treatment history administered at inclusion and at 6 months, subjective data gathered through continuous app use, and the use patterns captured by the app server. Characteristics and engagement of regular users, occasional users, and no users were compared using 2-tailed t tests or analysis of variance or their nonparametric equivalent. Survival analysis and risk functions were applied to regular users' data to examine and compare use and user retention. In addition, a user evaluation analysis was performed based on satisfaction, perceived usefulness, and reasons to discontinue app use. We included 503 participants with data collected between 2016 and 2018, of whom 77. 5% (n=390) used the app. Among the app users, 44. 4% (173/390) completed the follow-up assessment, and data from these participants were used in our analyses. Engagement declined gradually over the first 6 months of use. The probability of retention of the regular users after 1 month of app use was 67. 4% (263/390; 95% CI 62. 7%-72. 4%). Age (P =. 002), time passed since illness onset (P <. 001), and years since diagnosis of BD (P =. 048) correlate with retention duration. In addition, participants who had been diagnosed with BD for longer used the app on more days (mean 97. 73, SD 69. 15 days; P =. 002) than those who had had a more recent onset (mean 66. 49, SD 66. 18 days; P =. 002) or those who had been diagnosed more recently (mean 73. 45, SD 66 days; P =. 01). The user retention rate of the app decreased rapidly after each month until reaching only one-third of the users at 6 months. There exists a strong association between age and app engagement of individuals with BD. Other variables such as years lived with BD, diagnosis of an anxiety disorder, and taking antipsychotics seem relevant as well. Understanding these associations can help in the definition of the most suitable user profiles for predicting trends of engagement, optimization of app prescription, and management.
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Lengua: Anglès
Documento: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia: Bipolar disorder ; Psychoeducation ; Smartphone ; App ; SIMPLe ; Intervention ; Mobile phone
Publicado en: Journal of medical Internet research, Vol. 24 (february 2022) , ISSN 1438-8871

DOI: 10.2196/31565
PMID: 35107440


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