Development and initial evaluation of a mobile application to help with mindfulness training and practice

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-67

  Plaza García, Inmaculada ^a   Medrano, Carlos ^a   Espílez, Ángel Sánchez ^a   García Magariño, Iván ^a   Guillén, Guillermo Azuara ^a   García Campayo, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

mHealth; Mindfulness; Mobile applications; Quality of life; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

MHEALTH; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; VIDEORECORDING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85020507138     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.05.018     Document Type: Article

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