Trial reportBMC public health2019
A multi-centre, randomized, 3-month study to evaluate the efficacy of a smartphone app to increase caregiver's positive mental health.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of the Online "Dialogue Circles" Nursing Intervention to Increase Positive Mental Health and Reduce the Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions. Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- A Mobile App-Based Intervention Program for Nonprofessional Caregivers to Promote Positive Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Factors associated with anxiety, stress, depression and burden among informal caregivers of patients with dementia: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Positive Mental Health Questionnaire-Short Form (PMHQ-SF18): Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Translation and Cultural Adaptation of an E-Health Program to Promote Positive Mental Health Among Family Caregivers in Portugal.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Positive mental health and sense of coherence among emergency medical service professionals.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Nursing Intervention to Improve Positive Mental Health and Self-Care Skills in People with Chronic Physical Health Conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Positive Mental Health in University Students and Its Relations with Psychological Vulnerability, Mental Health Literacy, and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Descriptive Correlational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A method to determine a personalized set of online exercises for improving the positive mental health of a caregiver of a chronically ill patient.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo assess the effectiveness of a smartphone app-based intervention compared to a regular intervention of caregivers in primary health care institutions. The intervention is aimed at increasing positive mental health and decreasing caregiver's burden. METHODS/
designRandomized and controlled trial with an experimental group and a control group. SUBJECTS: 108 caregivers over 18, with a minimum of 4 months of experience as caregivers. Description of the intervention: an intervention with a smartphone app (n = 54) or a regular intervention for caregivers (n = 54). Each caregiver installs a smartphone app and uses it for 28 days. This app offers them a daily activity (Monday-Friday). These activities are related to the Decalogue of Positive Mental Health, which was designed ad hoc by a group of experts. The outcomes will be the score of caregiver burden, the positive mental health and participant satisfaction. These results will be assessed after the first, third and sixth month. DISCUSSION: The results of this study will offer evidence of the effectiveness of an intervention using a free smartphone app. If its effectiveness is proven and the results are acceptable, this could lead to a rethinking of the intervention offered to caregivers in primary care.
trial registrationClinical Register ISRCTN14818443 (date: 24/05/2019).
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