User experience of mobile coaching for stress-management to tackle prevalent health complaints

Marja Harjumaa, Kirsi Halttu, Kati Koistinen, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen

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    Abstract

    In recent years, mobile and web-based solutions for health and wellbeing have become popular. The topic that has been covered the most has been the promotion of physical health, although the importance of mental and social well-being has also been acknowledged recently. Studies have shown that mental health interventions can be successfully designed to be delivered via mobile channels. However, the role of mobile applications in disease prevention and self management of health is not so well understood. The aim of this study is to explore the need for stress-management solutions by studying the prevalence of health complaints in an academic organization (n = 756). It also describes findings from a field study exploring the user experience of a mobile coaching application for stress-management among the three most prevalent complaint groups (n = 30). The findings show that the three most prevalent complaints are tiredness, depression, and neck problems. All of the 13 complaints were more common among women than men, except loneliness and problems in social life. User experience study showed that most participants found the application useful and they would recommend it to other people. Use activity of the mobile coaching application was highest among the tiredness group. The findings are especially useful in the design new solutions for disease prevention and self-management of health.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationNordic Contributions in IS Research
    Subtitle of host publicationSCIS 2015
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages152-164
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-21783-3
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-21782-6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    Event6th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems, SCIS 2015 - Oulu, Finland
    Duration: 9 Aug 201512 Aug 2015
    Conference number: 6

    Publication series

    SeriesLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
    Volume223
    ISSN1865-1348

    Conference

    Conference6th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems, SCIS 2015
    Abbreviated titleSCIS 2015
    Country/TerritoryFinland
    CityOulu
    Period9/08/1512/08/15

    Keywords

    • behavior change support systems
    • disease prevention
    • health complaint
    • mental health
    • occupational health
    • self-management

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