User-centred design and evaluation of an mHealth app for fathers' perinatal mental health: a feasibility, acceptability, and usability study.

IF 2.9 4区管理学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS

Behaviour & Information Technology Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI:10.1080/0144929X.2025.2502474

Samantha J Teague, Adrian B R Shatte, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Delyse M Hutchinson

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Abstract

Fathers' perinatal mental health is a major public health issue, yet few interventions have been developed targeting this group. Fathers face many barriers in accessing perinatal mental health support, including stigma around caregiving and mental health, and thus require careful consideration when designing interventions. This study aimed to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of a mobile app-based intervention for paternal perinatal depression, anxiety, and stress. Following a design science approach, five meta design principles and 15 specific principles were created to guide the intervention design, and a prototype app titled Rover was created. The prototype was evaluated by 43 fathers and 10 mental health clinicians. Participants in both groups rated the app highly for its functionality, clinical content, aesthetics, and digital therapeutic alliance. Qualitative feedback indicated that fathers held particularly favourable views regarding the mood tracking, mindfulness, and goal tracking features. Both groups expressed a preference for more support for the personalisation of content, including more dynamic interactions with the chatbot support feature. To our knowledge, this is the first app-based mental health intervention designed specifically for fathers, with study results providing guidance to the field on developing digital health initiatives for this population.

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以用户为中心的父亲围产期心理健康移动健康应用的设计和评估：可行性、可接受性和可用性研究。

父亲的围产期心理健康是一个重大的公共卫生问题，但针对这一群体的干预措施很少。父亲在获得围产期心理健康支持方面面临许多障碍，包括在照料和心理健康方面的耻辱，因此在设计干预措施时需要仔细考虑。本研究旨在探讨基于移动应用程序的父亲围产期抑郁、焦虑和压力干预的可行性、可接受性和可用性。遵循设计科学的方法，创建了5个元设计原则和15个具体原则来指导干预设计，并创建了一个名为Rover的原型应用程序。43名父亲和10名心理健康临床医生对原型进行了评估。两组参与者都对这款应用的功能、临床内容、美学和数字治疗联盟给予了很高的评价。定性反馈表明，父亲们对情绪跟踪、正念和目标跟踪特征的看法尤其有利。两组用户都倾向于对个性化内容提供更多支持，包括与聊天机器人支持功能进行更多动态交互。据我们所知，这是第一个专门为父亲设计的基于应用程序的心理健康干预，研究结果为该领域为这一人群制定数字健康计划提供了指导。

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Behaviour & Information Technology 工程技术-计算机：控制论

CiteScore

7.70

自引率

8.10%

发文量

159

审稿时长

5 months

期刊介绍： Behaviour & Information Technology (BIT) puts people before technology. As such it deviates from other related journals. It is the primary scientific venue for peer-reviewed publications on human-centred IT. BIT reports original research studies, practical case studies, and thoughtful articles on: • usability and user experience (UX) • human computer interaction (HCI) • human-centred and user-centred design • the social, business and human aspects of the digital world. The Journal attracts authors and readers from a variety of disciplines (e.g., usability, user experience, psychology, ergonomics, computer science, and sociology), originating from both academics and industry. All papers are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, will undertake rigorous double blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.