Perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of a smartphone application for the treatment of binge eating disorders: Qualitative feedback from a user population and clinicians

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 808-816

  Juarascio, Adrienne S ^a   Goldstein, Stephanie P ^a   Manasse, Stephanie M ^a   Forman, Evan M ^a   Butryn, Meghan L ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating disorder; Focus group; Qualitative; Smartphone applications; User feedback

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

EATING DISORDERS; FOCUS GROUPS; QUALITATIVE; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; USER FEEDBACK;

BINS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF HELP; SELF MONITORING; SMARTPHONE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENNSYLVANIA; TELECONSULTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SMARTPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84940899311     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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