Usefulness of self-guided digital services among mental health patients: The role of health confidence and sociodemographic characteristics
Different types of remote services are perceived as beneficial by mental health patients. To ensure effectiveness and equity, patients' health confidence should be considered when directing them to self-guided services. Elderly mental health patients who use digital services are equally able as younger patients to benefit from self-guided services.
Authors
- Sari Kujala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5586-3725)
- Iiris Hörhammer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9024-4153)
- Maarit Kinnunen
- Johanna Suvanto
Institutions
- Karelia University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- North Karelia Central Hospital (FI)
- Aalto University (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
- Published
- 2024-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105693
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.23