Abstract
Background:
The perspectives and preferences of individuals with Bipolar Disorder (BD) will likely be crucial for the success of mood monitoring interventions, or for Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) as a method of data collection. This research has not previously been synthesised.
Objective:
This systematic review and meta-synthesis aimed to assess the user experience of mood monitoring and ecological momentary assessment procedures. This included: barriers and facilitators to use (for people with BD and for clinicians) and intended purpose.
Methods:
Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of participant, user and clinician experiences of mood monitoring and EMA for BD. We searched 8 electronic databases and included mixed-methods studies. Studies were rated for risk of bias in qualitative studies.
Results:
20 studies were identified. We identified 9 overarching concepts: adverse effects, barriers to mood monitoring, facilitators to mood monitoring, purpose of mood monitoring, sharing with others (negative), sharing with others (positive), clinician barriers/concerns, clinician facilitators/suggestions, desired features.
Conclusions:
We report key concepts that are likely to improve the user experience, engagement, attrition, usability and acceptability of EMA/mood monitoring protocols for people with BD. Fundamentally users wished to retain control over their data with a high degree of emphasis on customisability and personalisation
The perspectives and preferences of individuals with Bipolar Disorder (BD) will likely be crucial for the success of mood monitoring interventions, or for Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) as a method of data collection. This research has not previously been synthesised.
Objective:
This systematic review and meta-synthesis aimed to assess the user experience of mood monitoring and ecological momentary assessment procedures. This included: barriers and facilitators to use (for people with BD and for clinicians) and intended purpose.
Methods:
Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of participant, user and clinician experiences of mood monitoring and EMA for BD. We searched 8 electronic databases and included mixed-methods studies. Studies were rated for risk of bias in qualitative studies.
Results:
20 studies were identified. We identified 9 overarching concepts: adverse effects, barriers to mood monitoring, facilitators to mood monitoring, purpose of mood monitoring, sharing with others (negative), sharing with others (positive), clinician barriers/concerns, clinician facilitators/suggestions, desired features.
Conclusions:
We report key concepts that are likely to improve the user experience, engagement, attrition, usability and acceptability of EMA/mood monitoring protocols for people with BD. Fundamentally users wished to retain control over their data with a high degree of emphasis on customisability and personalisation
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e71525 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| Volume | 27 |
| Early online date | 20 Jun 2025 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 20 Jun 2025 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Laurence Astill Wright, Madiha Majid, Matthew Moore, Goldie Momoh, Renee Patil, Georgina Shajan, Daljit Purewal, Shireen Patel, Richard Morriss.