PMID- 33362979
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220419
IS  - 2167-8359 (Print)
IS  - 2167-8359 (Electronic)
IS  - 2167-8359 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2020
TI  - WeChat-based mHealth intention and preferences among people living with 
      schizophrenia.
PG  - e10550
LID - 10.7717/peerj.10550 [doi]
LID - e10550
AB  - BACKGROUND: The past few decades have seen a rapid expansion of mHealth programs 
      among people with serious mental illness, yet mHealth for schizophrenia is in a 
      much earlier stage of development. This study examined the intention of 
      WeChat-based mHealth programs among people living with schizophrenia (PLS) and 
      evaluated correlates of the intention. METHODS: A total of 400 PLS aged 18-77 
      completed a cross-sectional survey by face-to-face interviews. The survey 
      included a general question asking about participants' willingness to attend 
      WeChat-based mHealth programs, followed by preferences of three specific 
      WeChat-based programs: psychoeducation, peer support, and professional support. 
      PLS symptoms, functioning and disability were measured using the 18-item Brief 
      Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-18), the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), 
      and the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 
      (WHODAS 2.0), respectively. A multivariate logistic regression was used to 
      determine correlates of program participation intention. RESULTS: Over forty 
      percent (43%, n = 172) of participants were willing to participate in 
      WeChat-based mHealth programs, among whom preferences for each specific program 
      were shown in descending order: psychoeducation (68.60%), professional support 
      (60.47%), and peer support (52.33%). A multivariate analysis revealed that 
      younger age (OR: 0.13-0.20, 95% CI [0.05-0.43]), higher education (OR: 3.48-6.84, 
      95% CI [1.69-18.21]), and lower disability (OR: 0.97, 95% CI [0.94-0.99]) were 
      all independently associated with WeChat-based mHealth program participation 
      intention. CONCLUSION: The findings provide guidance for further development of 
      WeChat-based mHealth programs among PLS in China, and targeted at those who are 
      younger, well-educated and with lower disability.
CI  - (c)2020 Xiao et al.
FAU - Xiao, Shuiyuan
AU  - Xiao S
AD  - Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Xiangya School of Public 
      Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
FAU - Li, Tongxin
AU  - Li T
AD  - Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Xiangya School of Public 
      Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
FAU - Zhou, Wei
AU  - Zhou W
AD  - School of Public Administration, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
FAU - Shen, Minxue
AU  - Shen M
AD  - Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Xiangya School of Public 
      Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
FAU - Yu, Yu
AU  - Yu Y
AD  - Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Xiangya School of Public 
      Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
AD  - Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry, Yale 
      School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201216
PL  - United States
TA  - PeerJ
JT  - PeerJ
JID - 101603425
PMC - PMC7749651
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chinese
OT  - Intention
OT  - Preferences
OT  - Schizophrenia
OT  - WeChat
OT  - mHealth
COIS- The authors declare there are no competing interests.
EDAT- 2020/12/29 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/29 06:01
PMCR- 2020/12/16
CRDT- 2020/12/28 11:57
PHST- 2020/09/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/11/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/28 11:57 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/29 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10550 [pii]
AID - 10.7717/peerj.10550 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PeerJ. 2020 Dec 16;8:e10550. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10550. eCollection 2020.