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. 2016:2016:5151793.
doi: 10.1155/2016/5151793. Epub 2016 Mar 1.

Towards mHealth Systems for Support of Psychotherapeutic Practice: A Qualitative Study of Researcher-Clinician Collaboration in System Design and Evaluation

Karin Halje  1 , Toomas Timpka  2 , Joakim Ekberg  3 , Magnus Bång  4 , Anders Fröberg  4 , Henrik Eriksson  4
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Towards mHealth Systems for Support of Psychotherapeutic Practice: A Qualitative Study of Researcher-Clinician Collaboration in System Design and Evaluation

Karin Halje et al. Int J Telemed Appl. 2016.

Abstract

We examined clinicians' and researchers' experiences from participation in collaborative research on the introduction of Internet and mobile information systems (mHealth systems) in psychotherapeutic routines. The study used grounded theory methodology and was set in a collaboration that aimed to develop and evaluate mHealth support of psychotherapy provided to young people. Soundness of the central objects developed in the design phase (the collaboration contract, the trial protocol, and the system technology) was a necessary foundation for successful collaborative mHealth research; neglect of unanticipated organizational influences during the trial phase was a factor in collaboration failure. The experiences gained in this study can be used in settings where collaborative research on mHealth systems in mental health is planned.

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Model of the relationships identified in the analysis of the participatory design phase.
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Model of the relationships identified in the analysis of the trial phase.
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