Requirements and Concerns of Individuals Remitted From Depression for an Early Relapse Detection mHealth App: Focus Group Study
Considering the vulnerability of potential users, the design of an mHealth app for early depression relapse detection should be guided by user preferences and approached with caution. Requirements for customization, positivity, interventions, and transparency must be addressed, while minimizing both the emotional and privacy burden. Future iterations should implement these findings to improve and test the app's acceptability, adoption, and usability for clinical use.
Authors
- Stephanie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-6472)
- Sofie Van Hoecke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7865-6793)
- Ernst H. W. Koster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-476X)
- Mathias De Brouwer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-6861)
- Tina Coenen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1691-9345)
- Klaas Bombeke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2056-1246)
- Mariek Vanden Abeele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1806-6991)
- Matthias Maerevoet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1855-1040)
Institutions
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR mhealth and uhealth
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/67141
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universiteit Gent
- Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent