Engagement and Usability of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Mobile App Compared With Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Among College Students: Randomized Heuristic Trial.

Saptarshi Purkayastha Siva Abhishek Addepally Sherri Lynn Bucher

Published in: JMIR human factors (2020)

As among the first studies to directly compare the usability of a mobile app-based CBT with smartphone-specific features against a Web-based CBT, there is an opportunity for app-based CBT as, at least in our limited trial, it was more usable and engaging. The study was limited to evaluate usability only and not the clinical effectiveness of the app.

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