Engagement with mental health screening on mobile devices: Results from an antenatal feasibility study
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Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Perinatal depression (PND) affects up to 15% of women within the United Kingdom and has a lasting impact on a woman’s quality of life, birth outcomes and her child’s development. Suicide is the leading cause of maternal mortality. However, it is estimated that at least 50% of PND cases go undiagnosed. This paper presents the results of the first feasibility study to examine the potential of mobile devices to engage women in antenatal mental health screening. Using a mobile application, 254 women attending 14 National Health Service midwifery clinics provided 2,280 momentary and retrospective reports of their wellbeing over a 9-month period. Women spoke positively of the experience, installing and engaging with this technology regardless of age, education, wellbeing, number of children, marital or employment status, or past diagnosis of depression. 39 women reported a risk of depression, self-harm or suicide; two-thirds of whom were not identified by screening in-clinic.
Date Issued
2019-05-04
Date Acceptance
2018-11-15
Citation
2019
Publisher
ACM
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Identifier
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3310000/3300416/a186-doherty.html?ip=89.187.126.41&id=3300416&acc=OA&key=4D4702B0C3E38B35.4D4702B0C3E38B35.4D4702B0C3E38B35.6C4486DD5F125815&__acm__=1559144352_0edb601f49d98e06c05a8b7089e211e1
Source
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Computer Science, Information Systems
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Computer Science
Pregnancy
Public Health Screening
Mental Health
Psychological Wellbeing
Self-Report
EMA
Mobile Devices
ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT
DEPRESSION
QUESTIONNAIRES
SMARTPHONE
POSTPARTUM
EXPERIENCE
DISORDERS
PREGNANCY
SETTINGS
BARRIERS
Publication Status
Accepted
Start Date
2019-05-04
Finish Date
2019-05-06
Coverage Spatial
Glasgow, UK
Date Publish Online
2019-05-04