Feasibility and Efficacy of an mHealth Game for Managing Anxiety: “Flowy” Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial and Design Evaluation

Pham, Quynh; Khatib, Yasmin; Stansfeld, Stephen; Fox, Stephen B.; Green, Tobias

doi:10.1089/g4h.2015.0033

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“…The need to be able to access the programme from a mobile device is explicitly mentioned in several of the examined articles (Kok, 2014, Lauritsen et al 2017Miloff et al 2015;Pham et al 2016;Wilansky et al 2016;Zhao et al 2017). As a consequence of the selected framework, this review did not distinguish between mobile and nonmobile technologies and included both types.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mobile technology is integrated into the daily life of users differently to that of the computer; for example, it often has touchscreen, smaller screens, and is used frequently throughout the 24-hour period. The need to be able to access the programme from a mobile device is explicitly mentioned in several of the examined articles (Kok, 2014, Lauritsen et al 2017Miloff et al 2015;Pham et al 2016;Wilansky et al 2016;Zhao et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Combining e‐mental health intervention development with human computer interaction (HCI) design to enhance technology‐facilitated recovery for people with depression and/or anxiety conditions: An integrative literature review

Neilsen

Wilson

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Computer scientists contend that understanding human computer interaction (HCI) is an important factor in developing successful computer user experiences. Mental health professionals across a range of disciplines are increasingly developing and implementing Internet-based treatments for people with a variety of mental health conditions. Many therapeutic and economic benefits are associated with technology-enabled treatments for a range of mental health disorders. Despite this, the role of HCI and associated design elements remains poorly understood in regard to the impact on patient safety, effectiveness, and to adherence of treatment for computer users who engage with e-mental health interventions. An integrative literature review was conducted to investigate how adequately HCI and user-centred design is incorporated in the development of e-mental health interventions for depression and anxiety, and subsequently reported in literature to inform evidence-based practice. The PRISMA model was used to locate, select, and include 30 relevant articles. The main finding of this review is that Internet-based e-mental health interventions are routinely implemented without sufficiently describing the relevant HCI design features applied. This is a limitation that in turn jeopardizes the assessment validity of e-mental interventions generally, leaving those who administer the interventions with incomplete evidence to support the safe, reliable, dependable, credible, and trustworthy implementation of the interventions. The recommendation arising from this review is that human computer interaction should be carefully considered when mental health nurses and other practitioners adopt e-mental health interventions for therapeutic purposes to assure the quality and safety of e-mental health interventions on offer to patients.

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confidence: 99%

Combining e‐mental health intervention development with human computer interaction (HCI) design to enhance technology‐facilitated recovery for people with depression and/or anxiety conditions: An integrative literature review

Neilsen

Wilson

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…However, concerning empirical studies, all conducted evaluation at the end of the intervention. Although several aspects of evaluation have been found in conceptual articles [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]41], the empirical studies only evaluated clinical and human/social aspects [45,51,61,65].…”

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Evidence-Based Evaluation of eHealth Interventions: Systematic Literature Review (Preprint)

Enam¹,

Torres-Bonilla²,

Eriksson³

2018

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“…Accessibility may actively encourage use through explicit reminders such as app-based push notifications or by more frequent encounters. Therefore, researchers 56,58 may favor web-based games or smartphone applications, especially with the rise of smartphone users. 76 For example, ''Virtual Hope Box,'' a smartphone app with individualized coping tools, including casual games, was used more frequently than a conventional hope box method by patients at risk of suicide and self-harm.…”

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Developing Digital Intervention Games for Mental Disorders: A Review

Shah

Kraemer

Won

et al. 2018

Games for Health Journal

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There is limited research on mental health interventions delivered in a digital game format and even less to guide developers on how to develop such games. This review focuses on understanding how to develop therapeutic digital games based primarily on mental health intervention games that have been empirically tested. The review was generated through database searches and backward search techniques for digital game-based interventions for specific mental disorders. We evaluated digital games that were based on validated psychological treatments. We located 24 studies and 18 games that met our search criteria. These games and their outcomes have been summarized. This review showed that these types of games have the potential to make an impact on mental health concerns but that there are currently few digital games available for the treatment or prevention of mental disorders. In addition, guidelines for digital mental health intervention game development have been presented. The consolidation of guidelines addressing multiple game development factors (e.g., time, cost, engagement) may help those interested in developing new therapeutic games that target a greater variety of disorders, thereby expanding access to larger populations.

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Feasibility and Efficacy of an mHealth Game for Managing Anxiety: “Flowy” Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial and Design Evaluation

Abstract: Our results suggest that a digital delivery of breathing retraining exercises through a mobile health game can manage anxiety, panic, and hyperventilation symptoms associated with CMHDs.

Cited by 88 publications

References 77 publications

Combining e‐mental health intervention development with human computer interaction (HCI) design to enhance technology‐facilitated recovery for people with depression and/or anxiety conditions: An integrative literature review

Combining e‐mental health intervention development with human computer interaction (HCI) design to enhance technology‐facilitated recovery for people with depression and/or anxiety conditions: An integrative literature review

Evidence-Based Evaluation of eHealth Interventions: Systematic Literature Review (Preprint)

Developing Digital Intervention Games for Mental Disorders: A Review

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