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. 2022 Nov 4;9(11):e41482. doi: 10.2196/41482

Table 3.

Summary of adaptations suggested and rejected for mobile health First Episode Digital Monitoring.

Reason for suggested adaptation Goal was to increase or improve What was suggested, but not adapted Type of adaptation not made Reason why adaptation not made
Recipient level

Health narratives and priorities


Time burden Fit with recipients, feasibility Reduce ping frequency Content: shortening or condensing (pacing or timing), tailoring Compromises core components


Time burden Fit with recipients, feasibility Tailor ping timing around participant work or school hours Content: shortening or condensing (pacing or timing), tailoring Increases complexity


Privacy or confidentiality Reach and engagement Offer non–app-based means of collecting information Context: format Beyond intervention scope


Person-centered care Fit with recipients, satisfaction App: ask more positively worded questions Content: adding elements Increases recipient time burden


Person-centered care Fit with recipients, satisfaction Ask more open-ended questions Content: adding elements Increases complexity of data or report

Access to resources


Technology Reach and engagement, feasibility Provide phones to participants Implementation strategy: content, adding Additional resources required (as well as in-person meeting during COVID-19 pandemic)

Literacy or education level


Data visualization Fit with recipients Report: simplify report so participants can understand it more easily Content: tailoring or tweaking or refining Compromises core components (may reduce usefulness to providers as primary targets)
Provider level

Clinical judgment


Clinically meaningful information Satisfaction, effectiveness App: ask more about negative symptoms Content: adding elements Beyond intervention scope and increases time burden


Clinically meaningful information Satisfaction, effectiveness App: ask about suicidal ideation Content: adding elements Additional resources required


Clinically meaningful information Satisfaction, effectiveness Allow providers to access more information than what is on the report Content: adding elements Additional resources required


Clinically meaningful information Satisfaction, effectiveness Collect data on days more removed from clinical session Content: lengthening or extending (pacing or timing) Beyond scope

Preferences


Data visualization Satisfaction Report: use bars on granular graphs Context: format Not consistent with most clinicians’ preferences
Organization level

Mission or culture


Shared decision-making Satisfaction, effectiveness Send report or information directly to participant Context: format Additional resources required and beyond intervention scope