Exploring the Needs and Preferences of Users and Parents to Design a Mobile App to Deliver Mental Health Peer Support to Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Study
App-based peer support offers a promising avenue for addressing the mental health needs of adolescents with T1D. Understanding the unique support needs of these adolescents and using this information to suggest design considerations for a mental health peer support app is an important step toward addressing their complex emotional and social challenges.
Authors
- Matthias Görges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-178X)
- Nicholas West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8382-5136)
- Samantha Pawer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-0618)
- Tricia S. Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0105-1390)
- Poonamdeep Jhajj
- Shazhan Amed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5193-8582)
- Titilola I Yakubu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3414-6257)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Diabetes
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/64267
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40
Funders
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- BC Children's Hospital
- Michael Smith Health Research BC