ArticleBipolar disorders2024
KIOS: A smartphone app for self-monitoring for patients with bipolar disorder.
Article in Bipolar disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dropout, Attrition, Adherence, and Compliance in Mood Monitoring and Ambulatory Assessment Studies for Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Mood Monitoring, Mood Tracking, and Ambulatory Assessment Interventions in Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Adverse Events of Mood Monitoring and Ambulatory Assessment in Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Performance of active and passive ambulatory assessment measures and mood monitoring in bipolar disorder: a systematic review.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2026Review
- [Scoping review on the identification and evaluation of available digital applications for bipolar disorder].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Article
- Use of a Wearable Self-Tracking Instrument by Refugees With Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Qualitative Study of Psychotherapeutic Mediation and Engagement.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events in clinical trials of mental health apps.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Views on the usability and usefulness of the PeerConnect app among Ontario public safety professionals.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examined the use of a self-monitoring/self-management smartphone application (app) for patients with bipolar disorder. The app was specifically designed with patient-centered computational software system based on concepts from nonlinear systems (chaos) theory.
methodsThis was a randomized, active comparator study of use of the KIOS app compared to an existing free app that has high utilization rates known as eMoods, over 52 weeks, and performed in three academic centers. Patients were evaluated monthly utilizing the Bipolar Inventory of Symptoms Schedule (BISS). The primary outcome measure was the persistence of using the app over the year of the study.
resultsPatients assigned to KIOS persisted in the study longer than those assigned to eMoods; 57 patients (87.70%) in the KIOS group versus 42 (73.69%) in the eMoods group completed the study (p = 0.03). By 52 weeks, significantly more of KIOS group (84.4%) versus eMoods group (54%) entered data into their programs (χ
conclusionsThis is the first randomized comparison study comparing two apps for the self-monitoring/self-management of bipolar disorder. The study revealed greater patient satisfaction and greater adherence to a patient-centered software program (KIOS) than a monitoring program that does not provide feedback (eMoods).
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