Journal
HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 1538-1559Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1460458219884195
Keywords
adolescents; mental health; mHealth; mobile apps
Funding
- Irish Research Council [GOIPG/2013/450]
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Demand for the use of mobile apps in mental health interventions has grown in recent years, particularly among adolescents who experience elevated levels of distress. However, there is a scarcity of evidence for the effectiveness of these tools within this population. The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of CopeSmart, a mental health mobile app, using a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial design. Participants were 15-18-years-olds (N = 560) recruited from 10 schools randomly assigned to an intervention or control condition. Intervention participants used the app over a 4-week period. Multi-level modelling analyses revealed no significant changes in the intervention group from pre-test to post-test, when compared to the control group, in terms of emotional distress, well-being, emotional self-awareness or coping strategies. Findings suggest that a 4-week app-based intervention may not be enough to elicit intra-personal changes in mental health outcomes in a general adolescent population.
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