Monitoring Mental Health in Esports: Requirement Analysis and Design Concepts of an mHealth Application
Esports athletes face significant mental health challenges, often due to inadequate support. This paper presents the MindAthlete mHealth application designed to monitor the mental health of esports athletes. A qualitative study with experts in (sport) psychology identified key features such as mood tracking, stress monitoring, and risk screening. Based on their input, a prototype was developed.
Authors
- Johannes Schobel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6874-9478)
- Peter Kühn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1059)
- Annika Wiebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-3553)
- Daniel Hieber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6278-8759)
Institutions
- University of Augsburg (DE)
- Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Studies in health technology and informatics
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3233/shti250521
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00