The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting
Background: Self-monitoring and self-management are growing phenomena in the care of chronic illnesses, like bipolar disorder. A significant fraction of patients with bipolar disorder are cared for by primary care providers. The use of smart technology may be effective in this setting. Method: KIOS-...
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| author | Omar H. Elsayed John Cecil Richard Priesmeyer Gregg Siegel Phyllis Siegel Rif S. El-Mallakh |
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| description | Background:
Self-monitoring and self-management are growing phenomena in the care of chronic illnesses, like bipolar disorder. A significant fraction of patients with bipolar disorder are cared for by primary care providers. The use of smart technology may be effective in this setting.
Method:
KIOS-Bipolar, a smartphone app that proved superior in a randomized, controlled trial, was beta-tested for two-month periods in 12 patients with bipolar disorder who were under the care of a primary care clinic.
Results:
Adherence to the app was 100%. Patients experienced improvements in depressive (−41%) and manic (−46%) symptoms and overall instability (−39%). Patients felt that the system was user-friendly with an average system usability score of 80.8 (range 48–100). Five participants (41.8%) gave a system usability score ≥ 90.
Discussion:
This open trial suggests that utilization of a self-management tool may be a useful adjunct in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder in the primary care setting. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b71c23085114101b72def2bb414c13b2025-02-11T12:51:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352025-01-01141858910.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_483_24The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care settingOmar H. ElsayedJohn CecilRichard PriesmeyerGregg SiegelPhyllis SiegelRif S. El-MallakhBackground: Self-monitoring and self-management are growing phenomena in the care of chronic illnesses, like bipolar disorder. A significant fraction of patients with bipolar disorder are cared for by primary care providers. The use of smart technology may be effective in this setting. Method: KIOS-Bipolar, a smartphone app that proved superior in a randomized, controlled trial, was beta-tested for two-month periods in 12 patients with bipolar disorder who were under the care of a primary care clinic. Results: Adherence to the app was 100%. Patients experienced improvements in depressive (−41%) and manic (−46%) symptoms and overall instability (−39%). Patients felt that the system was user-friendly with an average system usability score of 80.8 (range 48–100). Five participants (41.8%) gave a system usability score ≥ 90. Discussion: This open trial suggests that utilization of a self-management tool may be a useful adjunct in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder in the primary care setting.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_483_24appbipolarself-monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Omar H. Elsayed John Cecil Richard Priesmeyer Gregg Siegel Phyllis Siegel Rif S. El-Mallakh 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 app bipolar self-monitoring |
| title | The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting |
| title_full | The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting |
| title_fullStr | The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting |
| title_short | The use of a smartphone app for self-monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting |
| title_sort | use of a smartphone app for self monitoring by patients with bipolar disorder being treated in a primary care setting |
| topic | app bipolar self-monitoring |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_483_24 |
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