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ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2017

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mobile Health: App Investigation and Scoping Literature Review.

Carolina Rodriguez-Paras, Kathryn Tippey, Elaine Brown, Farzan Sasangohar, Suzannah Creech, Hye-Chung Kum, Mark Lawley, Justin K Benzer

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Article in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors.

Carolina Rodriguez-Paras *Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1330-9202
Kathryn Tippey *Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-4736
Elaine Brown *Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-3672
Farzan Sasangohar *Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-5470
Suzannah Creech *VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6582-1673
Hye-Chung Kum *Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6882-8053
Mark Lawley *Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-2806
Justin K Benzer *VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5151-2127

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent mental health issue among veterans. Access to PTSD treatment is influenced by geographic (ie, travel distance to facilities), temporal (ie, time delay between services), financial (ie, eligibility and cost of services), and cultural (ie, social stigma) barriers.

objectiveThe emergence of mobile health (mHealth) apps has the potential to bridge many of these access gaps by providing remote resources and monitoring that can offer discrete assistance to trauma survivors with PTSD and enhance patient-clinician relationships. In this study, we investigate the current mHealth capabilities relevant to PTSD.

methodsThis study consists of two parts: (1) a review of publicly available PTSD apps designed to determine the availability of PTSD apps, which includes more detailed information about three dominant apps and (2) a scoping literature review performed using a systematic method to determine app usage and efforts toward validation of such mHealth apps. App usage relates to how the end users (eg, clinicians and patients) are interacting with the app, whereas validation is testing performed to ensure the app's purpose and specifications are met.

resultsThe results suggest that though numerous apps have been developed to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD symptoms, few apps were designed to be integrated with clinical PTSD treatment, and minimal efforts have been made toward enhancing the usability and validation of PTSD apps.

conclusionsThese findings expose the need for studies relating to the human factors evaluation of such tools, with the ultimate goal of increasing access to treatment and widening the app adoption rate for patients with PTSD.

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anxietysmHealthmobile healthposttraumatic stress disordersPTSD

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PMID29074470
PMCPMC5680516

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