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JMIR Diabetes
January 2025
Research Institute, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background: Beyond physical health, managing type 1 diabetes (T1D) also encompasses a psychological component, including diabetes distress, that is, the worries, fears, and frustrations associated with meeting self-care demands over the lifetime. While digital health solutions have been increasingly used to address emotional health in diabetes, these technologies may not uniformly meet the unique concerns and technological savvy across all age groups.
Objective: This study aimed to explore the mental health needs of adolescents with T1D, determine their preferred modalities for app-based mental health support, and identify desirable design features for peer-delivered mental health support modeled on an app designed for adults with T1D.
Oncologist
January 2025
Department of Medical Oncology & Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, United States.
Background: Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) experience emotional distress and limited supportive care access. This study assesses a mindfulness app's feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy in improving emotional symptoms, trait mindfulness, and overall quality of life for patients with mRCC on immunotherapy.
Methods: This multinational study recruited patients with mRCC undergoing immunotherapy from Brazil and the United States.
Addiction
January 2025
Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Background And Aims: Studies using smartphone apps in treatment for alcohol dependence are lacking. This study aimed to test the consumption-reducing effects of using two app-based alcohol interventions as complement to treatment as usual (TAU).
Design: Three-armed, parallel, randomised controlled trial.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
January 2025
IWK Health Centre Department of Psychiatry & Specific Care Clinics, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, 5850/5980 University Ave, Halifax, NS, B3K 6R8, Canada, 1 902-470-7720.
Background: Gratitude interventions are used to cultivate a sense of gratitude for life and others. There have been mixed results of the efficacy of gratitude interventions' effect on psychological well-being with a variety of populations and methodologies.
Objectives: The objective of our study was to test the effectiveness of a gratitude intervention smartphone app on university students' psychological well-being.
J Gambl Stud
January 2025
School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Smartphones can extend the reach of evidence-based gambling treatment services, yet the general acceptability of app-delivered gambling interventions remains unknown. This study examined the general acceptability and use of app-delivered gambling interventions, and predictors of both, among 173 Australian adults with a lifetime gambling problem (48.5% male, M = 46.
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