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Participants' and Nurses' Experiences With a Digital Intervention for Patients With Depressive Symptoms and Comorbid Hypertension or Diabetes in Peru: Qualitative Post-Randomized Controlled Trial Study.

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dc.contributor.author Toyama, Mauricio
dc.contributor.author Cavero, Victoria
dc.contributor.author Araya, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author Menezes, Paulo Rossi
dc.contributor.author Mohr, David C
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-12T18:25:59Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-12T18:25:59Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12385
dc.description.abstract Background: Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders and a leading cause of disability, disproportionately affecting specific groups, such as patients with noncommunicable diseases. Over the past decade, digital interventions have been developed to provide treatment for these patients. CONEMO (Emotional Control in Spanish) is an 18-session psychoeducational digital intervention delivered through a smartphone app and minimally supported by a nurse. CONEMO demonstrated effectiveness in reducing depressive symptoms through a randomized controlled trial (RCT) among patients with diabetes, hypertension, or both, in Lima, Peru. However, in addition to clinical outcomes, it is important to explore users’ experiences, satisfaction, and perceptions of usability and acceptability, which can affect their engagement with the intervention. Objective: This study aimed to explore the RCT participants’ experiences with CONEMO in Peru, complemented with information provided by the nurses who monitored them. Methods: In 2018, semistructured interviews were conducted with a sample of 29 (13.4%) patients from the 217 patients who participated in the CONEMO intervention in Peru and the 3 hired nurses who supported its delivery. Interviewees were selected at random based on their adherence to the digital intervention (0-5, 10-14, and 15-18 sessions completed), to include different points of view. Content analysis was conducted to analyze the interviews. Results: Participants’ mean age was 64.4 (SD 8.5) years, and 79% (23/29) of them were women. Most of the interviewed participants (21/29, 72%) stated that CONEMO fulfilled their expectations and identified positive changes in their physical and mental health after using it. Some of these improvements were related to their thoughts and feelings (eg, think differently, be more optimistic, and feel calmer), whereas others were related to their routines (eg, go out more and improve health-related habits). Most participants (19/29, 66%) reported not having previous experience with using smartphones, and despite experiencing some initial difficulties, they managed to use CONEMO. The most valued features of the app were the videos and activities proposed for the participant to perform. Most participants (27/29, 93%) had a good opinion about the study nurses and reported feeling supported by them. A few participants provided suggestions to improve the intervention, which included adding more videos, making the sessions’ text simple, extending the length of the intervention, and improving the training session with long explanations. Conclusions: The findings of this qualitative study provide further support and contextualize the positive results found in the CONEMO RCT, including insights into the key features that made the intervention effective and engaging. The participants’ experience with the smartphone and CONEMO app reveal that it is feasible to be used by people with little knowledge of technology. In addition, the study identified suggestions to improve the CONEMO intervention for its future scale-up. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher JMIR Publications
dc.relation.ispartofseries JMIR Human Factors
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject mobile intervention en_US
dc.subject depression en_US
dc.subject diabetes en_US
dc.subject hypertension en_US
dc.subject comorbidity en_US
dc.subject qualitative research en_US
dc.subject mobile phone en_US
dc.title Participants' and Nurses' Experiences With a Digital Intervention for Patients With Depressive Symptoms and Comorbid Hypertension or Diabetes in Peru: Qualitative Post-Randomized Controlled Trial Study. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.2196/35486
dc.relation.issn 2292-9495


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