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Formative Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (2823) Design and Formative Evaluation of Mobile Apps (747) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (478) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (446) Focus Groups and Qualitative Research for Human Factors Research (1031) User-centred Design Case Studies (644) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1808)

Published on in Vol 5, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/18172, first published .
Co-Designing a Mobile App to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being: Focus Group Study

Co-Designing a Mobile App to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being: Focus Group Study

Co-Designing a Mobile App to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being: Focus Group Study

Authors of this article:

Felwah Alqahtani1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrea Winn1 Author Orcid Image ;   Rita Orji1 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

  1. Alqahtani F, Meier S, Orji R. Personality-based approach for tailoring persuasive mental health applications. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 2022;32(3):253 View
  2. Ariza-Vega P, Prieto-Moreno R, Mora-Traverso M, Molina-García P, Ashe M, Martín-Matillas M. Co-creation of mHealth intervention for older adults with hip fracture and family caregivers: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 2024;19(3):1009 View
  3. Osma J, Martínez-García L, Prado-Abril J, Peris-Baquero Ó, González-Pérez A. Developing a smartphone App based on the Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: A qualitative analysis of users and professionals' perspectives. Internet Interventions 2022;30:100577 View
  4. Rosenfeld E, Lyman C, Roberts J. Development of an mHealth App–Based Intervention for Depressive Rumination (RuminAid): Mixed Methods Focus Group Evaluation. JMIR Formative Research 2022;6(12):e40045 View
  5. Mak W, Ng S, Leung F. An Online Stratified Stepped Care Platform for Mental Well-Being (TourHeart+): User-centered Research & Design (Preprint). JMIR Formative Research 2022 View
  6. Alqahtani F, Orji R, Riper H, McCleary N, Witteman H, McGrath P. Motivation-based approach for tailoring persuasive mental health applications. Behaviour & Information Technology 2023;42(5):569 View
  7. Banerjee S, Bose I. An attractive proposition? Persuading retail consumers to prefer reward-based crowdfunding for owning upcoming technologies. Information & Management 2022;59(6):103663 View
  8. Lee H, Chon W. Proposal of Mobile App Service for the Formation of Positive Self-identity in Generation Z University Students. Journal of Digital Contents Society 2022;23(5):793 View
  9. Engdahl P, Svedberg P, Lexén A, Tjörnstrand C, Strid C, Bejerholm U. Co-design Process of a Digital Return-to-Work Solution for People With Common Mental Disorders: Stakeholder Perception Study. JMIR Formative Research 2023;7:e39422 View
  10. Hunger T, Arnold M, Pestinger R. Risks and Requirements in Sustainable App Development—A Review. Sustainability 2023;15(8):7018 View
  11. Côté L, Lane J. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Suicide.ca, Quebec’s Digital Suicide Prevention Strategy Platform: Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study. JMIR Formative Research 2024;8:e46195 View
  12. Huberty J, Beatty C, Yourell J. Using science as a differentiator in a crowded digital mental health market. Frontiers in Digital Health 2024;5 View
  13. Brotherdale R, Berry K, Branitsky A, Bucci S. Co-producing digital mental health interventions: A systematic review. DIGITAL HEALTH 2024;10 View
  14. Altweck L, Schmidt S, Tomczyk S. Daily Time-Use Patterns and Quality of Life in Parents: Protocol for a Pilot Quasi-Experimental, Nonrandomized Controlled Trial Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. JMIR Research Protocols 2024;13:e54728 View
  15. Reen J, Chan G, Orji R. iCare: Insights from the Evaluation of an App for Managing Stress Among Working-Class Indian Women. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 2025;41(9):5797 View
  16. Guracho Y, Thomas S, Win K. Mobile mental health application use, and app feature preferences among individuals with mental disorders in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2024;192:105628 View
  17. Martínez-García L, Fadrique-Jiménez A, -Galán V, Flors C, Osma J. RegulEm, an unified protocol based-app for the treatment of emotional disorders: a parallel mixed methods usability and quality study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2024;24(1) View
  18. Gurgun S, Arden-Close E, Phalp K, Ali R, Alnoor A. Motivated by Design: A Codesign Study to Promote Challenging Misinformation on Social Media. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 2024;2024(1) View
  19. Leventhal E, Toner E, Davidson B, Boukhechba M, Barnes L, Teachman B. Adapting a Mobile Anxiety Intervention for a University Community: Insights from a Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2024 View
  20. Shahsavar Y, Choudhury A. Assessing user acceptance of a mental health app & its impact on depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder related knowledge: A mixed method experimental study. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy 2024;34(4):100508 View
  21. Garrido S, Doran B, Oliver E, Boydell K. Desirable design: What aesthetics are important to young people when designing a mental health app?. Health Informatics Journal 2024;30(4) View
  22. Bhattacharjee A, Gong Z, Wang B, Luckcock T, Watson E, Abellan E, Gutman L, Hsu A, Williams J. "Actually I Can Count My Blessings": User-Centered Design of an Application to Promote Gratitude Among Young Adults. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2024;8(CSCW2):1 View
  23. Altweck L, Tomczyk S. Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research 2025;9:e67451 View
  24. Hopman K, Richards D, Norberg M. A staged approach to the development of an embodied conversational agent to support wellbeing after injury. Behaviour & Information Technology 2025:1 View
  25. Kikas K, O'Moore K, Miller R, Matheson J, Li S, Varghese K, Baldwin P, Cockayne N, Whitton A, Newby J. Needs and expectations for the myNewWayTM blended digital and face-to-face psychotherapy model of care for depression and anxiety (Part 1): People with lived and living experience participatory design study. (Preprint). JMIR Human Factors 2024 View
  26. Dinkel D, Chaudhary P, Kupzyk K, Johnson D, Culjat C, Torous J, Emerson M. Understanding perinatal women’s preferences for mental health apps: A mixed methods study. Mental Health & Prevention 2025;38:200420 View
  27. Orji J, Chan G, Orji R. Design, development, and evaluation of an mHealth app to reduce stress and promote happiness through smiling. Behaviour & Information Technology 2025:1 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Alqahtani F, Alslaity A, Orji R. Human-Computer Interaction. User Experience and Behavior. View
  2. Williams L, Pinto M, Abrahim H, Bhattacharya A, Harrison T, Burton C, McIntyre J, Negi L, Hayes G. Human-Computer Interaction. View
  3. Alqahtani F, Ndulue C, Orji R. Persuasive Technology. View
  4. Reen J, Friday A, Chan G, Orji R. Human-Computer Interaction. View

Conference Proceedings

  1. Reen J, Orji R. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. Improving Mental Health Among Working-Class Indian Women: Insight From An Interview Study View
  2. Kumar S, Jayant R, Charagulla N. 2021 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC). Sentiment Analysis on the News to Improve Mental Health View
  3. Burns Q, Voida S. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing. Investigating Mobile Mental Health App Designs to Foster Engagement Among Adolescents View
  4. Wibowo B, Santosa P, Ishaq Alfarozi S. 2024 International Conference on Information Technology and Computing (ICITCOM). A Survey Study of Strategies for Improving User Interface in Mental Health View