Development and initial evaluation of a mobile application to help with mindfulness training and practice
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Background and objective Different review articles support the usefulness and effectiveness of mindfulness techniques in health and wellbeing. In this paper we present a first prototype of a mobile application to help with the training and practice of mindfulness, taking into account the lacks detected in a previous literature review. Our aim was to measure acceptance and perceived quality, as well as gather data about app usage. Their dependence on demographic variables and the change in mindful level was also measured. Materials and methods Two versions of a new application were developed, "Mindfulness" and "Mindfulness Sci". The application has been tested in two pilot studies: in traditional face-to-face mindfulness groups and in individual and independent use. Results 3977 users were involved in this study: 26 in the first trial during an 8-week usage period and 3951 in the second trial during 17 months. In the first study, participants assessed the app with high scores. They considered it as a helping tool for mindfulness practice, user-friendly and with high quality of use. The positive perception was maintained after 8-weeks meditation workshops, and participants considered that its use could contribute to obtain benefits for mental and physical health. In the second study, we found rather weak associations between usage time and age, nationality and educational level. The mindful level showed a weak positive correlation with the session accomplished but slightly abov…
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- Authors
- Plaza García, I., Sánchez, C. M., Espílez, Á. S., García-Magariño, I., Guillén, G. A., & García-Campayo, J.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
- Venue
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 105
- Pages
- 59-67
- ISSN
- 1386-5056 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2619659476
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6
- FWCI
- 4.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Medical Informatics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- European Social Fund
- Gobierno de Aragón
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (TEC2013-50049-EXP)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Keywords
- mindfulness, mobile application, mindfulness training, meditation, app acceptance, perceived quality, app usage patterns, health and well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Stress, Psychological, Program Development, Meditation, Mobile Applications, Mindfulness
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