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Torous J, Chan SR, Yee-Marie Tan S, et al. Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics. JMIR Ment Health. 2014;1(1):e5doi: 10.2196/mental.4004.
Torous, J., Chan, S. R., Yee-Marie Tan, S., Behrens, J., Mathew, I., Conrad, E. J., Hinton, L., Yellowlees, P., & Keshavan, M. (2014). Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics. JMIR mental health, 1(1), e5. https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.4004
Torous, John, et al. "Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics." JMIR mental health vol. 1,1 (2014): e5. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.4004
Torous J, Chan SR, Yee-Marie Tan S, Behrens J, Mathew I, Conrad EJ, Hinton L, Yellowlees P, Keshavan M. Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics. JMIR Ment Health. 2014 Dec 23;1(1):e5. doi: 10.2196/mental.4004. eCollection 2014. PMID: 26543905; PMCID: PMC4607390.
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JMIR Ment Health. 2014 Dec 23;1(1):e5. doi: 10.2196/mental.4004. eCollection 2014.

Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics.

JMIR mental health

John Torous, Steven Richard Chan, Shih Yee-Marie Tan, Jacob Behrens, Ian Mathew, Erich J Conrad, Ladson Hinton, Peter Yellowlees, Matcheri Keshavan

Affiliations

  1. Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program Boston, MA United States ; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Boston, MA United States.
  2. General Psychiatry Residency Training Program UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, CA United States ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, CA United States.
  3. Louisiana State University-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Program Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Louisiana State University New Orleans, LA United States ; Department of Psychiatry Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA United States.
  4. Department of Psychiatry University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI United States.
  5. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Boston, MA United States.
  6. Department of Psychiatry Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA United States.
  7. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, CA United States.

PMID: 26543905 PMCID: PMC4607390 DOI: 10.2196/mental.4004

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite growing interest in mobile mental health and utilization of smartphone technology to monitor psychiatric symptoms, there remains a lack of knowledge both regarding patient ownership of smartphones and their interest in using such to monitor their mental health.

OBJECTIVE: To provide data on psychiatric outpatients' prevalence of smartphone ownership and interest in using their smartphones to run applications to monitor their mental health.

METHODS: We surveyed 320 psychiatric outpatients from four clinics around the United States in order to capture a geographically and socioeconomically diverse patient population. These comprised a state clinic in Massachusetts (n=108), a county clinic in California (n=56), a hybrid public and private clinic in Louisiana (n=50), and a private/university clinic in Wisconsin (n=106).

RESULTS: Smartphone ownership and interest in utilizing such to monitor mental health varied by both clinic type and age with overall ownership of 62.5% (200/320), which is slightly higher than the average United States' rate of ownership of 58% in January 2014. Overall patient interest in utilizing smartphones to monitor symptoms was 70.6% (226/320).

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that psychiatric outpatients are interested in using their smartphones to monitor their mental health and own the smartphones capable of running mental healthcare related mobile applications.

Keywords: mobile health; psychiatry; smartphone

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