Development of weCope, a mobile app for illness self-management in schizophrenia
2019; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 46; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/0101-60830000000182
ISSN1806-938X
AutoresRaquel Simões de Almeida, Tiago J. C. Sousa, ANA S. COUTO, António Marques, Cristina Queirós, Constantino Martins,
Tópico(s)Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
ResumoObjective To describe the development of weCope, a Portuguese mobile app for people with schizophrenia. Methods The development of weCope followed 4 stages: I-102 people with psychotic disorders completed an online questionnaire; II-a multidisciplinary focus group was conducted among five mental health professionals; III-we developed the app; IV-9 participants used weCope during 8 weeks to assess its efficiency. Results weCope targets coping with voices, problem solving, goals setting and stress management, and results indicated that: weCope improved symptoms, sense of recovery and personal and social functioning; 59% of the participants were willing to download an application for illness self-management; professionals revealed some concerns about mHealth but enhanced the high importance to develop these apps; usability testing revealed that 89% considered weCope useful for illness self-management. However, the more years with mental illness, the less importance is given to a mobile application for this purpose. Discussion weCope was developed through a comprehensive development process and may contribute to a subjective perception of the patient’s better well-being and health condition.
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