Table 1.
Wellbeing therapy protocol for conventional format (outpatients based tools) and for real-time personalized mobile technologies (Mobile Technology Tool)
Phases | Focus | Objectives | Outpatient-based tool | Mobile technology tool |
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Initial phase |
Identifying and setting episodes of wellbeing into situational context |
Report the circumstances surrounding the episodes of wellbeing rated on a scale of 0 to 100, with zero being absence of wellbeing and 100 being the most intense wellbeing |
Diary |
Mobile diary, personalized by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring |
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Visual analogical scale for wellbeing |
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Assessment |
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Monitor the quality of experience associated with daily situations (work, leisure, and so on) |
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Identification of instances of wellbeing and of optimal experiences |
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Intermediatephase |
Remove the obstacles to sustained psychological wellbeing on self-monitoring of moments and feelings of wellbeing and graded task assignments |
Identify thoughts and beliefs |
Graded task assignments of undertaking particular pleasurable activities for a certain time each day |
Electronic personalized task assignment by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring |
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Leading to premature interruption of wellbeing |
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Visual analogical scale for wellbeing |
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Assessment |
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Identify the areas of psychological wellbeing which are unaffected by irrational or automatic thoughts and which are saturated with them |
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Reinforce and encourage activities that are likely to elicit wellbeing and optimal experiences |
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Final phase |
Be able to readily identify moments of wellbeing |
Dimensions of psychological wellbeing are progressively introduced |
Graded task assignments of undertaking particular pleasurable activities for a certain time each day |
Mobile diary, personalized by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring |
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Be aware of interruptions to wellbeing feelings (cognitions) |
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Guide the patient from an impaired level to an optimal level according to the above six dimensions |
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Electronic personalized task assignment by the baseline assessment results and by an adaptive learning algorithm depending on patient’s answers during mobile monitoring |
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Follow optimal experiences |
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Meeting the challenge that may entail optimal experiences is emphasized |
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Visual analogical scale for wellbeing |
Assessment |