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Clinical review of user engagement with mental health smartphone apps: evidence, theory and improvements
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The potential of smartphone apps to improve quality and increase access to mental health care is increasingly clear. Yet even in the current global mental health crisis, real-world uptake of smartphone apps by clinics or consumers remains low. To understand this dichotomy, this paper reviews current challenges surrounding user engagement with mental health smartphone apps. While smartphone engagement metrics and reporting remains heterogeneous in the literature, focusing on themes offers a framework to identify underlying trends. These themes suggest that apps are not designed with service users in mind, do not solve problems users care most about, do not respect privacy, are not seen as trustworthy and are unhelpful in emergencies. Respecting these current issues surrounding mental health app engagement, we propose several solutions and highlight successful examples of mental health apps with high engagement. Further research is necessary to better characterise engagement with mental health apps and identify best practices for design, testing and implementation.
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“This multi-modal approach allows for personal engagement and also increases the utilization of digitally delivered interventions, which have been demonstrated to have a steep drop off in utilization when delivered alone [54].”
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“Patient adherence may also be improved by providing evidence-based solutions such as 24/7 access to educational information and resources, personalized support, and targeted interventions and skills training via technology (eg, apps or websites) [21,35] in the comfort of their own homes [20,30].”
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“Digital interventions have the potential to evoke changes unavailable in traditional methods because of the ability to design personalized treatment models and measure engagement [28-30].”
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“Even when the app is downloaded, studies show that some users never use it, and those who engage with the app are unlikely to do so more than a few times, showing a decrease in use over time [49,50].”
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“Given the evidence of low treatment adherence in self-directed app-based mindfulness meditation [49-51], we will use a combination of app and text messaging reminders.”
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“although some limitations have been found, mainly regarding low engagement by users and low completion rates [15,16].”
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“Others suggest offering a challenge may improve engagement over short periods, thereby allowing some therapeutic benefit and the potential for developing it into a habit [58].”
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“if the tool is not used for a recommended period, it is unlikely that it will have the intended effect [17,18]”
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“A range of factors can influence engagement with DMHIs, such as the relevance of information to the user provided by a digital intervention [13], a lack of user motivation to persist with a self-guided intervention [14], and poor user experience with the technology [15].”
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“A previous review of user engagement with mental health apps theorized that one reason for low engagement is that these apps do not consider user privacy [15].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Torous, J., Nicholas, J., Larsen, M. E., Firth, J., & Christensen, H.
- Affiliations
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Black Dog Institute (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Torous, John
- Venue
- Evidence Based Mental Health
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2018-06-05
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 116-119
- ISSN
- 1362-0347 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-960X
- PMC
- PMC10270395
- OpenAlex
- W2806313543
- Cited by
- 790
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 99 · 2025: 135 · 2024: 103 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 106 · 2021: 119 · 2020: 68 · 2019: 57 · 2018: 7
- FWCI
- 8.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Evidence-Based Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
- National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH116130)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Keywords
- mental health apps, mobile application, user engagement, engagement metrics, mobile application design, privacy, trust, emergency relief, digital mental health, app uptake
- MeSH terms
- Smartphone, Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health Services, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Participation, Mobile Applications
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