Lo Brian, Pham Quynh, Sockalingam Sanjeev, Wiljer David, Strudwick Gillian
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digit Health. 2022 Oct 11;8:20552076221129059. doi: 10.1177/20552076221129059. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
Improving effective user engagement with digital mental health tools has become a priority in enabling the value of digital health. With increased interest from the mental health community in embedding digital health tools as part of care delivery, there is a need to examine and identify the essential factors in influencing user engagement with digital mental health tools in clinical care. The current study will use a Delphi approach to gain consensus from individuals with relevant experience and expertise (e.g. patients, clinicians and healthcare administrators) on factors that influence user engagement (i.e. an essential factor).
Participants will be invited to complete up to four rounds of online surveys. The first round of the Delphi study comprises of reviewing existing factors identified in literature and commenting on whether any factors they believe are important are missing from the list. Subsequent rounds will involve asking participants to rate the perceived impact of each factor in influencing user engagement with digital mental health tools in clinical care contexts. This work is expected to consolidate the perspectives from relevant stakeholders and the academic literature to identify a core set of factors considered essential in influencing user engagement with digital mental health tools in clinical care contexts.
提高用户与数字心理健康工具的有效互动已成为实现数字健康价值的首要任务。随着心理健康领域越来越关注将数字健康工具纳入护理服务的一部分，有必要审视和确定影响临床护理中用户与数字心理健康工具互动的关键因素。本研究将采用德尔菲法，就影响用户互动的因素（即关键因素），征求具有相关经验和专业知识的人士（如患者、临床医生和医疗管理人员）的共识。
将邀请参与者完成多达四轮的在线调查。德尔菲研究的第一轮包括回顾文献中已确定的现有因素，并对他们认为重要的任何因素是否未列入清单发表意见。后续轮次将要求参与者对每个因素在临床护理环境中影响用户与数字心理健康工具互动的感知影响进行评分。这项工作预计将整合相关利益攸关方和学术文献的观点，以确定在临床护理环境中影响用户与数字心理健康工具互动的一组核心关键因素。
