Understanding the Role of Support in Digital Mental Health Programs With Older Adults: Users’ Perspective and Mixed Methods Study

Judith Borghouts   ¹ , PhD ;   Elizabeth V Eikey   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Cinthia De Leon   ¹ , MPH ;   Stephen M Schueller   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Margaret Schneider   ⁶ , PhD ;   Nicole A Stadnick   ^{7, 8, 9} , MPH, PhD ;   Kai Zheng   ⁵ , PhD ;   Lorraine Wilson   ¹⁰ , MSW ;   Damaris Caro   ¹⁰ , MA ;   Dana B Mukamel   ¹ , PhD ;   Dara H Sorkin   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

² Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

³ The Design Lab, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁶ Department of Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

⁸ Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

⁹ Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, United States

¹⁰ Department of Health and Human Services, County of Marin, San Rafael, CA, United States