Uptake and Usage of IntelliCare: A Publicly Available Suite of Mental Health and Well-Being Apps.
Uptake and Usage of IntelliCare: A Publicly Available Suite of Mental Health and Well-Being Apps.
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10.1016/j.invent.2016.06.003
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2016-05-01
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Mohr, David C
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Lattie, Emily G;Schueller, Stephen M;Mohr, David C
背景：抑郁症和焦虑症的治疗有几个行为和心理目标，并依赖于不同的策略。数字心理健康治疗通常采用功能丰富的方法来解决多个目标和策略。这些治疗方法通常针对台式电脑的使用进行了优化，但与人们使用智能手机应用程序的方式不一致。智能手机的使用往往集中在单一功能上，可以轻松导航到所需的工具。开发IntelliCare应用程序套件是为了解决对不同行为策略的需求与典型应用程序使用所施加的限制之间的差异。每个应用程序都专注于一个策略，用于与抑郁和焦虑相关的有限临床目标子集。这项研究提出了从IntelliCare套件的应用程序的摄取和使用后，在一个大型的应用程序Marketplace.METHODS开放部署：13个轻量级的应用程序，包括12个交互式应用程序和一个中心的应用程序，协调使用这些交互式应用程序，开发和免费下载的Google Play商店。本研究分析了IntelliCare套件部署第一年的去识别应用程序使用数据。结果：在公开发布的第一年，有5，210人下载了一个或多个IntelliCare应用程序，总共下载了10，131次。近三分之一的人（31.8%）下载了不止一个应用程序。每个应用程序的启动模态数为1，但每个应用程序的平均应用程序启动数范围从3.10到16.98，反映了每个应用程序的使用存在相当大的差异。结论：IntelliCare应用程序套件的使用率高于其他可比数字资源的公共部署。我们的研究结果表明，人们会使用多种应用程序，并为应用程序套件的概念提供支持，作为提供多样化行为策略的有用策略。
BACKGROUND: Treatments for depression and anxiety have several behavioral and psychological targets and rely on varied strategies. Digital mental health treatments often employ feature-rich approaches addressing several targets and strategies. These treatments, often optimized for desktop computer use, are at odds with the ways people use smartphone applications. Smartphone use tends to focus on singular functions with easy navigation to desired tools. The IntelliCare suite of apps was developed to address the discrepancy between need for diverse behavioral strategies and constraints imposed by typical app use. Each app focuses on one strategy for a limited subset of clinical aims all pertinent to depression and anxiety. This study presents the uptake and usage of apps from the IntelliCare suite following an open deployment on a large app marketplace.METHODS: Thirteen lightweight apps, including 12 interactive apps and one Hub app that coordinates use across those interactive apps, were developed and made free to download on the Google Play store. De-identified app usage data from the first year of IntelliCare suite deployment were analyzed for this study.RESULTS: In the first year of public availability, 5,210 individuals downloaded one or more of the IntelliCare apps, for a total of 10,131 downloads. Nearly a third of these individuals (31.8%) downloaded more than one of these apps. The modal number of launches for each of the apps was 1, however the mean number of app launches per app ranged from 3.10 to 16.98, reflecting considerable variability in the use of each app.CONCLUSIONS: The use rate of the IntelliCare suite of apps is higher than public deployments of other comparable digital resources. Our findings suggest that people will use multiple apps and provides support for the concept of app suites as a useful strategy for providing diverse behavioral strategies.