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Abstract(s)
Com o crescimento das novas tecnologias muito se tem vindo a desenvolver no que toca às suas várias
utilidades em relação à saúde das pessoas. Objetivos: perceber a perceção das pessoas acerca da utilização de apps
de saúde psicológica, comparativamente com o uso de apps de saúde física e a sua influência no bem-estar. Como
tal, foram criados objetivos mais específicos: fazer uma comparação entre os usos relativamente à adesão e
utilização: analisar a adesão ou não adesão, fatores facilitadores e inibidores do uso e da adesão e analisar a nível
da experiência pessoal, a utilização de apps, tendo em conta a sensação de bem-estar pessoal percebida pelo
próprio. Resultados: mostrou-se não existir diferenças significativas a nível da utilização de apps entre os dois
grupos, no entanto, foi interessante verificar alguns aspetos em particular, como o facto de os participantes que
indicaram utilizar apenas apps de saúde física atribuírem uma classificação mais baixa à sua saúde mental do que
os participantes que indicaram apenas utilizar apps de saúde psicológica ou utilizar ambas. Conclusões: ao
utilizarem apps de saúde psicológica, os participantes têm um suporte positivo a nível da sua saúde mental e, como
tal, fazem uma melhor classificação da mesma. Seria interessante para estudos futuros, analisar uma possível
relação a nível da saúde física e da saúde mental e de que forma afetam mutuamente a saúde psicológica do sujeito.
With the growth of new technologies, a lot has been developed in terms of their various uses in relation to people's health. Objectives: understand people's perception about the use of psychological health apps, compared to the use of physical health apps and its influence on well-being. As such, more specific objectives were created: making a comparison between uses regarding adherence and use: analyzing adherence or non-adherence, facilitating, and inhibiting factors of use and adherence and analyzing the level of personal experience, the use of apps, considering the sense of personal well-being perceived by the self. Results: it was shown that there were no significant differences in the use of apps between the two groups, however, it was interesting to verify some aspects, such as the fact that participants who indicated that they only use physical health apps attributed a lower rating to their mental health than participants who indicated only using psychological health apps or using both. Conclusions: when using psychological health apps, participants have a positive support in terms of their mental health and, as such, make a better classification of it. It would be interesting for future studies to analyze a possible relationship in terms of physical and mental health and how they mutually affect the subject's psychological health
With the growth of new technologies, a lot has been developed in terms of their various uses in relation to people's health. Objectives: understand people's perception about the use of psychological health apps, compared to the use of physical health apps and its influence on well-being. As such, more specific objectives were created: making a comparison between uses regarding adherence and use: analyzing adherence or non-adherence, facilitating, and inhibiting factors of use and adherence and analyzing the level of personal experience, the use of apps, considering the sense of personal well-being perceived by the self. Results: it was shown that there were no significant differences in the use of apps between the two groups, however, it was interesting to verify some aspects, such as the fact that participants who indicated that they only use physical health apps attributed a lower rating to their mental health than participants who indicated only using psychological health apps or using both. Conclusions: when using psychological health apps, participants have a positive support in terms of their mental health and, as such, make a better classification of it. It would be interesting for future studies to analyze a possible relationship in terms of physical and mental health and how they mutually affect the subject's psychological health
Description
Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA– Instituto Universitário para
obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
Keywords
Aplicações móveis Aplicações de saúde Aplicações de saúde mental e bem estar Bem estar Saúde mental Mobile applications Health applications Mental health and wellness applications Welfare Mental health