title: Towards mHealth Systems for Support of Psychotherapeutic Practice: A Qualitative Study of Researcher-Clinician Collaboration in System Design and Evaluation.
abstract: We examined clinicians' and researchers' experiences from participation in collaborative research on the introduction of Internet and mobile information systems (mHealth systems) in psychotherapeutic routines. The study used grounded theory methodology and was set in a collaboration that aimed to develop and evaluate mHealth support of psychotherapy provided to young people. Soundness of the central objects developed in the design phase (the collaboration contract, the trial protocol, and the system technology) was a necessary foundation for successful collaborative mHealth research; neglect of unanticipated organizational influences during the trial phase was a factor in collaboration failure. The experiences gained in this study can be used in settings where collaborative research on mHealth systems in mental health is planned.
authors.affiliation: Young Adults Centre, Region Östergötland, 58185 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Halje
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden; Unit for Health Analysis, Centre for Healthcare Development, Region Östergötland, 58185 Linköping, Sweden; Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Toomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Timpka
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden; Unit for Health Analysis, Centre for Healthcare Development, Region Östergötland, 58185 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Joakim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ekberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bång
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fröberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eriksson