A Study on mHealth Adherence for Bipolar Disorder: A Case Study with the BraPolar2 Application

Abel González Mondéjar, Luiza Oliveira Régnier, Greis Francy M. Silva-Calpa, Daniel C. Mograbi, Daniel C. Mograbi

2025

Abstract

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental illness that affects 40 million people worldwide. Fluctuations in mood, activity, and self-awareness mark this condition. Studies using mHealth applications to monitor people with BD have shown promising results in the early detection of these fluctuations; however, they usually require participants to complete daily tasks in the app, which causes them to abandon the study and compromises the quality of the research. This paper explores the adherence to BraPolar2 mHealth through a set of development strategies. To identify the aspects that lead patients with BD not to complete daily data in an mHealth application and the factors that motivate them to use the application as a habit, we conducted qualitative research with BraPolar2 mHealth. Nine people with BD participated in the study and used BraPolar2 for more than 3 months, answering a semi-structured interview. The results show that users can fill in all the data quickly and begin to pay more attention to their mental health daily. The paper contributes by demonstrating how a simplified interface in mHealths, coupled with qualitative research, can lead to the participation of mHealth applications for mental health follow-up, allowing an improved follow-up in next studies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mondéjar A., Régnier L., Silva-Calpa G. and Mograbi D. (2025). A Study on mHealth Adherence for Bipolar Disorder: A Case Study with the BraPolar2 Application. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-731-3, SciTePress, pages 813-820. DOI: 10.5220/0013308600003911

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf25,
author={Abel Mondéjar and Luiza Régnier and Greis Silva-Calpa and Daniel Mograbi},
title={A Study on mHealth Adherence for Bipolar Disorder: A Case Study with the BraPolar2 Application},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2025},
pages={813-820},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013308600003911},
isbn={978-989-758-731-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - A Study on mHealth Adherence for Bipolar Disorder: A Case Study with the BraPolar2 Application
SN - 978-989-758-731-3
AU - Mondéjar A.
AU - Régnier L.
AU - Silva-Calpa G.
AU - Mograbi D.
PY - 2025
SP - 813
EP - 820
DO - 10.5220/0013308600003911
PB - SciTePress