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. 2021 Nov 2;11(11):e050256. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050256

Table 1.

The system-initiated and user-initiated functionalities offered in the MyPal smartphone app

System-initiated functionality Description
PS1 Physical symptom questionnaires Notifications to complete physical symptom questionnaires are issued once per week.
PS2 Psychoemotional symptom questionnaires Notifications to complete a psychoemotional symptom questionnaire are issued once per week.
PS3 Screener questionnaires Notifications to complete a screener questionnaire concerning (1) the patient’s ongoing engagement with the MyPal Study, and (2) the risk of medication non-adherence. Responses will determine the motivational messages that patients will be receiving and the highest priority topics for the discussion guide presented to the HCP (issued at months 0, 3 and 6).
PS4 Motivational messages Tailored short motivational messages presented to the patient. Their content is determined based on a custom algorithm that receives input from patient responses (issued twice weekly until week 4, then once weekly until week 24).
PS5 Medication reminders Notifications that remind the patient to take their medication; determined by the patient via the medication management functionality.
User-initiated
functionality
Description
PU1 Spontaneous symptom reporting A form that is used by the patient to spontaneously report physical or psychoemotional symptoms in a structured or unstructured way.
PU2 Medication management An editable list of the patient’s medication plan along with the dosage and the frequency of intake.
PU3 Personal health information recommender A personalised search engine that retrieves health information related to health status of the patient.
PU4 Self-reported information review A view that presents the patient’s past responses to physical and psychoemotional questionnaires.
PU5 Activity information review A view that presents past daily step count and sleep quality indicators acquired by the commercial wristband.

HCP, healthcare provider.