ReviewJMIR human factors2022
Coaching to Support Mental Health Apps: Exploratory Narrative Review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Providing Human Support for the Use of Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Meta-review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Families Moving Forward Connect mHealth Intervention for Caregivers of Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Integrating coaching into digital behavioral interventions: a scalable training model and fidelity evaluation.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026Trial
- Digital positive affect intervention (PAI) versus self-monitoring placebo in the treatment of anxiety and depression: a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT).BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Capitalizing on natural language processing (NLP) to automate the evaluation of coach implementation fidelity in guided digital cognitive-behavioral therapy (GdCBT).Psychological medicine · 2025Trial
- Engagement, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of the Self-Care and Coach-Supported Versions of the Vira Digital Behavior Change Platform Among Young Adults at Risk for Depression and Obesity: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2024Trial
- Expected Competencies and Personal Attributes of Digital Health Navigators to Support Digital Mental Health Care: Focus Group and Interview Study With Patients and Health Care Professionals.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- Access to Technology-Mediated Community Mental Health Care Among Low-Socioeconomic Status Consumers With Serious Mental Illness: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Digital Mental Health Coaching in Clinically Diverse Populations: Controlled Engagement and Outcomes Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Piloting Digital Navigators to Promote Acceptance and Engagement With Digital Mental Health Apps in German Outpatient Care: Protocol for a Multicenter, Single-Group, Observational, Mixed Methods Interventional Study (DigiNavi).JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Social Connectedness in Older Adults: Integrative Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Review
- A Digital Approach for Addressing Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors in Youth Mental Health Services: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Observational
- Developing a coaching manual to provide human support for the Mothers and Babies Online (eMB) perinatal mental health intervention.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- Building Mutually Beneficial Collaborations Between Digital Navigators, Mental Health Professionals, and Clients: Naturalistic Observational Case Study.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
- Review: Preventing Psychopathology in the Digital Age: Leveraging Technology to Target Coping and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents.JAACAP open · 2024Review
- Digital Phenotyping in Adults with Schizophrenia: A Narrative Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- "Our Job is to be so Temporary": Designing Digital Tools that Meet the Needs of Care Managers and their Patients with Mental Health Concerns.Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction · 2023Article
- Selecting and describing control conditions in mobile health randomized controlled trials: a proposed typology.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Review
- Specifying the Efficacy of Digital Therapeutic Tools for Depression and Anxiety: Retrospective, 2-Cohort, Real-World Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms, eHealth Literacy, and Asthma Outcomes in the Context of a Mobile Health Intervention.Psychosomatic medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe therapeutic alliance is crucial for the success of face-to-face therapies. Little is known about how coaching functions and fosters the therapeutic alliance in asynchronous treatment modalities such as smartphone apps.
objectiveThe aim of this paper was to assess how coaching functions and fosters the therapeutic alliance in asynchronous treatment modalities.
methodsWe conducted a selected review to gather preliminary data about the role of coaching in mobile technology use for mental health care. We identified 26 trials using a 2019 review by Tønning et al and a 2021 scoping review by Tokgöz et al to assess how coaching is currently being used across different studies.
resultsOur results showed a high level of heterogeneity as studies used varying types of coaching methods but provided little information about coaching protocols and training. Coaching was feasible by clinicians and nonclinicians, scheduled and on demand, and across all technologies ranging from phone calls to social media.
conclusionsFurther research is required to better understand the effects of coaching in mobile mental health treatments, but examples offered from reviewed papers suggest several options to implement coaching today. Coaching based on replicable protocols that are verifiable for fidelity will enable the scaling of this model and a better exploration of the digital therapeutic alliance.
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