ArticleJMIR human factors2023
Understanding the Subjective Experience of Long-term Remote Measurement Technology Use for Symptom Tracking in People With Depression: Multisite Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis.
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- Recommendations for Research and Clinical Implementation of Ambulatory Assessment, Mood Monitoring, Digital Phenotyping, and Remote Measurement Technology in Mood Disorders: Synthesis of Systematic Review Findings.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
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- Engagement With a Remote Symptom-Tracking Platform Among Participants With Major Depressive Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Using Passive Sensing to Predict Psychosis Relapse: An In-Depth Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of People With Psychosis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
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- The user experience of ambulatory assessment and mood monitoring in depression: a systematic review & meta-synthesis.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Optimizing the frequency of ecological momentary assessments using signal processing.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Links between self-monitoring data collected through smartphones and smartwatches and the individual disease trajectories of adult patients with depressive disorders: Study protocol of a one-year observational trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Factors that affect clinical youth engagement in digital mental health research: a qualitative sub-study nested within a prospective cohort study.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Observational
- Application of a Sociotechnical Framework to Uncover Factors That Influence Effective User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Tools in Clinical Care Contexts: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- A literature review of remote mental health screening: barriers, potential solutions, and tools.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- Barriers to and Facilitators of Using Remote Measurement Technology in the Long-Term Monitoring of Individuals With ADHD: Interview Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRemote measurement technologies (RMTs) have the potential to revolutionize major depressive disorder (MDD) disease management by offering the ability to assess, monitor, and predict symptom changes. However, the promise of RMT data depends heavily on sustained user engagement over extended periods. In this paper, we report a longitudinal qualitative study of the subjective experience of people with MDD engaging with RMTs to provide insight into system usability and user experience and to provide the basis for future promotion of RMT use in research and clinical practice.
objectiveWe aimed to understand the subjective experience of long-term engagement with RMTs using qualitative data collected in a longitudinal study of RMTs for monitoring MDD. The objectives were to explore the key themes associated with long-term RMT use and to identify recommendations for future system engagement.
methodsIn this multisite, longitudinal qualitative research study, 124 semistructured interviews were conducted with 99 participants across the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands at 3-month, 12-month, and 24-month time points during a study exploring RMT use (the Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse-Major Depressive Disorder study). Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, and interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and coded in the native language, with the resulting quotes translated into English.
resultsThere were 5 main themes regarding the subjective experience of long-term RMT use: research-related factors, the utility of RMTs for self-management, technology-related factors, clinical factors, and system amendments and additions.
conclusionsThe subjective experience of long-term RMT use can be considered from 2 main perspectives: experiential factors (how participants construct their experience of engaging with RMTs) and system-related factors (direct engagement with the technologies). A set of recommendations based on these strands are proposed for both future research and the real-world implementation of RMTs into clinical practice. Future exploration of experiential engagement with RMTs will be key to the successful use of RMTs in clinical care.
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