Improving Mood Through Community Connection and Resources Using an Interactive Digital Platform: Development and Usability Study

Autor: Ortiz, Robin, Southwick, Lauren, Schneider, Rachelle, Klinger, Elissa V, Pelullo, Arthur, Guntuku, Sharath Chandra, Merchant, Raina M, Agarwal, Anish K
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: JMIR Mental Health, Vol 8, Iss 2, p e25834 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2368-7959
DOI: 10.2196/25834
Popis: BackgroundCOVID-19 continues to disrupt global health and well-being. In April-May 2020, we generated a digital, remote interactive tool to provide health and well-being resources and foster connectivity among community members through a text messaging platform. ObjectiveThis study aimed to prospectively investigate the ability of a health system–based digital, remote, interactive tool to provide health and well-being resources to local community participants and to foster connectivity among them during the early phases of COVID-19. MethodsWe performed descriptive and nonparametric longitudinal statistical analyses to describe and compare the participants’ mood ratings over time and thematic analysis of their responses to text messages to further assess mood. ResultsFrom among 393 individuals seeking care in an urban emergency department in an academic setting, engaged in a two-way text messaging platform, we recorded 287 mood ratings and 368 qualitative responses. We observed no difference in the initial mood rating by week of enrollment [Kruskal-Wallis chi-square H(5)=1.34; P=.93], and the average mood rating did not change for participants taken together [Friedman chi-square Q(3)=0.32; P=.96]. However, of participants providing mood ratings at baseline, mood improved significantly among participants who reported a low mood rating at baseline [n=25, 14.97%; Q(3)=20.68; P
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