ULTEMAT: A mobile framework for smart ecological momentary assessments and interventions
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In this paper we introduce a new Android library, called ULTEMAT, for the delivery of ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) on mobile devices and we present its use in the MoodBuster app developed in the H2020 E-COMPARED project. We discuss context-aware, or event-based, triggers for the presentation of EMAs and discuss the potential they have to improve the effectiveness of mobile provision of mental health interventions as they allow for the delivery of assessments to the patients when and where these are most appropriate. Following this, we present the abilities of ULTEMAT to use such context-aware triggers to schedule EMAs and we discuss how a similar approach can be used for Ecological Momentary Interventions (EMIs).
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- Authors
- van de Ven, P., O’Brien, H., Henriques, R., Klein, M., Msetfi, R., Nelson, J., Rocha, A., Ruwaard, J., O’Sullivan, D., & Riper, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- INESC TEC (PT)
- Venue
- Internet Interventions
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 9
- Pages
- 74-81
- ISSN
- 2214-7829 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6096290
- OpenAlex
- W2730583541
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Internet Interventions (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Funders
- Seventh Framework Programme (603098-2)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- ecological momentary assessment, ecological momentary intervention, mobile health, Android library, mood tracking, mental health interventions
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