ArticleJMIR mental health2021
Mental Health and the Perceived Usability of Digital Mental Health Tools Among Essential Workers and People Unemployed Due to COVID-19: Cross-sectional Survey Study.
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- Evaluation of Digital Mental Health Technologies in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Framework Synthesis.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mental Health Apps for Distress During COVID-19 in US Unemployed and Essential Workers: Remote Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Mindfulness in Unemployment and Sense of Coherence: A Systematic Review of Quality of Life and Indirect Evidence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Age Differences in Electronic Mental Health Literacy: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Understanding Mental Health Apps for Youth: Focus Group Study With Latinx Youth.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Destigmatising mental health treatment and increasing openness to seeking treatment: randomised controlled trial of brief video interventions.BJPsych open · 2022Article
- Video Game to Attenuate Pandemic-Related Stress From an Equity Lens: Development and Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Mobile Mental Well-being Program (Noom Mood): Single-Arm Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Understanding the Potential of Mental Health Apps to Address Mental Health Needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2022Article
- Generational Perspectives on Technology's Role in Mental Health Care: A Survey of Adults With Lived Mental Health Experience.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Use of Mobile Apps and Online Programs of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Training in Workers: A Scoping Review.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 has created serious mental health consequences for essential workers or people who have become unemployed as a result of the pandemic. Digital mental health tools have the potential to address this problem in a timely and efficient manner.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to document the extent of digital mental health tool (DMHT) use by essential workers and those unemployed due to COVID-19, including asking participants to rate the usability and user burden of the DMHT they used most to cope. We also explored which aspects and features of DMHTs were seen as necessary for managing stress during a pandemic by having participants design their own ideal DMHT.
methodsA total of 2000 people were recruited from an online research community (Prolific) to complete a one-time survey about mental health symptoms, DMHT use, and preferred digital mental health features.
resultsThe final sample included 1987 US residents that identified as either an essential worker or someone who was unemployed due to COVID-19. Almost three-quarters of the sample (1479/1987, 74.8%) reported clinically significant emotional distress. Only 14.2% (277/1957) of the sample used a DMHT to cope with stress associated with COVID-19. Of those who used DMHTs to cope with COVID-19, meditation apps were the most common (119/261, 45.6%). Usability was broadly in the acceptable range, although participants unemployed due to COVID-19 were less likely to report user burden with DMHTs than essential workers (t
conclusionsDespite the potential need for DMHTs, this study found that the use of such tools remains similar to prepandemic levels. This study also found that regardless of the level of distress or even past experience using an app to cope with COVID-19, it is possible to develop a COVID-19 coping app that would appeal to a majority of essential workers and unemployed persons.
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