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An app-based Multicomponent Positive Psychology Intervention for health care professionals and their patients : A monocenter pilot study to evaluate the adherence, appreciation, perceived impact and usefulness for patients

Druyff, V.E. (2023) An app-based Multicomponent Positive Psychology Intervention for health care professionals and their patients : A monocenter pilot study to evaluate the adherence, appreciation, perceived impact and usefulness for patients.

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Abstract:	Background: Health care professionals are suffering from higher levels of psychological stress compared to other workforces. This is an increasing burden and needs to be addressed. Positive psychology interventions have shown promise in targeting psychological distress. App based interventions have the potential to overcome the barriers of face-to-face treatment. Aim: The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the adherence, appreciation, and the perceived impact of the Training in Positivity (TiP) app among health care professionals and the added value in using it for patients from the perspective of health care professionals. Methods: A one group pre-posttest was used in which 32 healthcare professionals were asked to try out the TiP-app for three weeks. The outcome measures were self-compassion, stress, resilience. With a subsample (5) semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. Results: In general, health care professionals appreciated the intervention, however the adherence was low. They reported disliking the ‘repetitions’ of exercises and the ‘tunneled structure’ of the intervention. The first 2 modules (positive emotions and discovering strengths) were most appreciated. The majority of the health care professionals reported being more aware after using the TiP-App. There were no significant differences for the variables perceived stress: T0 (M =1.95, SD = .47); T1(M = 1.75, SD = .42), resilience: T0 (M = 3.24, SD = .72); T1(M = 3.42, SD = .55), self-compassion: T0 (M = 4.09, SD = .71); T1 (M = 4.55, SD = .67). The health care professionals are reluctant to use it for patients because of the difficulty based on the qualitative data. Conclusion: Health care professionals generally appreciated the TiP-app, even though they themselves did not feel they needed it and did not have much impact on them and this was confirmed by the pre-post analysis. Further research should be conducted to improve adherence, tailor interventions to health care professionals and to make it compatible for patient use.
Item Type:	Essay (Master)
Faculty:	BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Programme:	Psychology MSc (66604)
Link to this item:	https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96889
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