Understanding Mental Health App Use among Attendees of Primary Health Care in Taif, Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorAlkhammash, Sawsan Safaren_US
dc.contributor.authorOsman, Mugtabaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMubarak, Ali Saferen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlalmaee, Abrar Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorAl Ghamdi, Nada Hameden_US
dc.contributor.authorAljeaid, Eidhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAl Bogami, Safar Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlShehri, Dhaifallah Salemen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlShehri, Abdulrhman, Salemen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlnfaie, Raed Saad Khaderen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T08:08:41Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T08:08:41Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mental health apps are increasingly available and accessible to the public. Global research indicated variable rates of use among people with main barriers identified are cost, privacy concerns, and difficulty of use. Little is known about prevalence and barriers of use of mental health apps in Saudi Arabia. Method: Descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey of a sample of Saudi adult population. We adopted a multiple logistic regression modelling of data to evaluate the impact of potential barriers and facilitators on use of mental health apps. Results: The survey included (n= 636) participants. The prevalence of use of mental health Apps was (n = 80, 12.6%), with only (n = 32, 40%) found them useful. Younger age, females, separated marital status, students, history of mental illness, taking psychiatric medications, attending psychiatric services, seeing a psychologist (offline and online), and chatting to psychiatric patients online were all associated with unadjusted increase in use of mental health Apps. However, the adjusted impact on use of mental health Apps was significant only for those using psychiatric medications (odds ratio ”OR” = 0.1289, p = 0.0243), individuals who requested online psychology intervention (OR = 7.9866, p < 0.00001), individuals who believed in costliness of mental health Apps (OR = 2.9358, p = 0.00034) or difficulty using them (OR = 4.1875, p = 0.0002). Stigma and privacy concerns were not statistically impactful on use of mental health Apps. Conclusion: Use of mental health Apps is very low among Saudi patients. Those who use mental health apps remain skeptical of their therapeutic values and report concerns in terms of difficulty to use them and their cost-effectiveness. Design of effective, readable, safe, and cheap mental health apps should be attempted by health educators and mental health professionals.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFamily Medicine Department, Prince Mansour Community Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMental Health Department, Prince Mansour Community Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAcademic Affairs Administration, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospitals, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFamily Medicine Department, Prince Sultan Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFamily Medicine Department, Prince Mansour Community Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsOtolaryngology Department, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospitals, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsHealth Administration, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAcademic Affairs Administration, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospitals, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsEmergency Medicine Department, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAcademic Affairs Administration, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospitals, Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAlkhammash Sawsan Safar, Osman Mugtaba, Mubarak Ali Safer, Alalmaee Abrar Abdullah, Al Ghamdi Nada Hamed, Aljeaid Eidha, Al Bogami Safar Abdullah, AlShehri Dhaifallah Salem, AlShehri Abdulrhman Salem, Alnfaie Raed Saad Khader . Understanding Mental Health App Use among Attendees of Primary Health Care in Taif, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2024 Jan; 10(1): 1-7en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-6356
dc.identifier.issn2454-6364
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/231025
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIbn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume10en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.21276/ijmrp.2024.10.1.001en_US
dc.subjectMental Healthen_US
dc.subjectStigmaen_US
dc.subjectMental Health Appsen_US
dc.subjectBarriersen_US
dc.subjectPrivacyen_US
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding Mental Health App Use among Attendees of Primary Health Care in Taif, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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