IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/thssxx/v6y2017i2p122-129.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Preliminary evidence for the use and efficacy of mobile health applications in managing posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

Author

Listed:
  • Stefanie M Keen
  • Nicholas Roberts

Abstract

Mobile health applications like PTSD Coach are emerging as tools to help individuals manage post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, these applications will not be effective if people do not use them. Using PTSD Coach as the focal application, we address two interrelated questions: (1) what are the primary determinants of PTSD Coach use? and (2) is PTSD Coach use related to changes in PTSD symptomatology? Building on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, we develop and test a research model that addresses these questions. Our results show that performance expectancy and social influence are positively related to PTSD Coach use; however, effort expectancy and facilitating conditions are not related to PTSD Coach use. We also found that PTSD Coach use is positively related to improvements in PTSD symptomatology. Our results provide preliminary evidence for the use and efficacy of mobile health applications in managing PTSD symptoms.

Suggested Citation

  • Stefanie M Keen & Nicholas Roberts, 2017. "Preliminary evidence for the use and efficacy of mobile health applications in managing posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms," Health Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(2), pages 122-129, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:thssxx:v:6:y:2017:i:2:p:122-129
    DOI: 10.1057/hs.2016.2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1057/hs.2016.2
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1057/hs.2016.2?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:thssxx:v:6:y:2017:i:2:p:122-129. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/thss .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.