Evaluating a mental health support mobile app for adults with type 1 diabetes living in rural and remote communities: The <scp>REACHOUT</scp> pilot study
While reach was relatively low, metrics for adoption and maintenance are promising. Improvements in distress were observed for the total sample, but these changes were reduced when controlling for sex and age, with significance maintained only for women. Digital health-enabled peer support may be instrumental in the delivery of mental health support to geographically isolated communities.
Authors
- Matthias Görges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-178X)
- Annie K. W. Yip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9464-0432)
- Tricia S. Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0105-1390)
- Lawrence Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-9727)
- Gerri Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1543-8438)
- Danielle Hessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4568-6953)
- William H. Polonsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9064-6144)
- Deanne Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-1860)
Institutions
- Interior Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of San Diego (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Okanagan University College (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetic Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15451
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.79
Funders
- Michael Smith Health Research BC