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Título : | Mobile applications in mood disorders and mental health: systematic search in Apple app store and Google play store and review of the literature |
Autoría: | Eis, Sophie Solà-Morales, Oriol Duarte-Díaz, Andrea Vidal-Alaball, Josep Perestelo-Perez, Lilisbeth Robles, Noemí Carrion, Carme |
Otros: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. eHealth Center Fundació HiTT (Health Innovation Technology Transfer) Fundación Canaria Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (FIISC) Institut Català de la Salut Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) |
Citación : | Eis, S., Solà-Morales, O., Duarte-Díaz, A., Vidal-Alaball, J., Perestelo-Pérez, L., Robles, N. & Carrión, C. (2022). Mobile Applications in Mood Disorders and Mental Health: Systematic Search in Apple App Store and Google Play Store and Review of the Literature. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042186 |
Resumen : | Objectives: The main objective of this work was to explore and characterize the current landscape of mobile applications available to treat mood disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and dysthymia. Methods: We developed a tool that makes both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store searchable using keywords and that facilitates the extraction of basic app information of the search results. All app results were filtered using various inclusion and exclusion criteria. We characterized all resultant applications according to their technical details. Furthermore, we searched for scientific publications on each app¿s website and PubMed, to understand whether any of the apps were supported by any type of scientific evidence on their acceptability, validation, use, effectiveness, etc. Results: Thirty apps were identified that fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The literature search yielded 27 publications related to the apps. However, these did not exclusively concern mood disorders. 6 were randomized studies and the rest included a protocol, pilot-, feasibility, case-, or qualitative studies, among others. The majority of studies were conducted on relatively small scales and 9 of the 27 studies did not explicitly study the effects of mobile application use on mental wellbeing. Conclusion: While there exists a wealth of mobile applications aimed at the treatment of mental health disorders, including mood disorders, this study showed that only a handful of these are backed by robust scientific evidence. This result uncovers a need for further clinically oriented and systematic validation and testing of such apps. |
Palabras clave : | aplicaciones de salud mental aplicaciones móviles trastornos del estado de ánimo bipolar depresión distimia |
DOI: | http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042186 |
Tipo de documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Versión del documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
Fecha de publicación : | 15-feb-2022 |
Licencia de publicación: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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