Acceptability, use and safety of the BlueIce self-harm prevention app: qualitative findings from the Beating Adolescent Self-Harm (BASH) randomised controlled trial.
dc.contributor.author | Stallard, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Whittle, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Medina-Lara, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Morrish, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Cliffe, B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-25T12:21:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-06-25 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-09-25T10:17:10Z | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Little is known about the social validity of self-harm prevention apps for young adolescents with severe mental health problems who repeatedly self-harm. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the acceptability, use and safety of BlueIce, a self-harm prevention app for young adolescents who self-harm. METHODS: Mixed methods study involving a content analysis of postuse interviews. Participants were a clinical group of 60 UK adolescents aged 12-17 with repeated self-harm, randomised to receive BlueIce. FINDINGS: BlueIce was used by 57/60 (95%) respondents with 47/57 (82%) using BlueIce when thinking about self-harm. 17/47 (36%) who were thinking about self-harm used it on more than six occasions with 36/47 (77%) reporting that BlueIce prevented at least one episode of self-harm. 33/47 (70%) reported occasions when they used the app but still went on to self-harm. Reasons why the app was not used or not helpful included feeling too distressed, a negative mindset, prior decision to self-harm or forgetting. BlueIce was rated 4.09 (SD=0.75) out of 5 stars, with high mean ratings out of 10 for ease of use (8.70, SD=1.37) and good for acceptability (7.68, SD=2.05) and helpfulness (6.77, SD=1.72). No respondent identified BlueIce as triggering any episode of self-harm. CONCLUSION: These findings are consistent with previous evaluations and highlight the acceptability, use and safety of BlueIce. Self-reports indicate that BlueIce prevented some episodes of self-harm. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Our results highlight the acceptability of the BlueIce self-harm app for young adolescents who repeatedly self-harm. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | e300961- | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 27, No. 1, article e300961 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300961 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NIHR/PB-PG-1217–20004 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/137531 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-7325-8246 (Medina-Lara, Antonieta) | |
dc.identifier | ScopusID: 57834492500 (Medina-Lara, Antonieta) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-7206-4957 (Morrish, Nia) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-7195-8759 (Rhodes, Shelley) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-1715-0913 (Taylor, Gordon) | |
dc.identifier | ScopusID: 57224454279 | 7404202969 (Taylor, Gordon) | |
dc.identifier | ResearcherID: JEF-6251-2023 (Taylor, Gordon) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38925663 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Child & adolescent psychiatry | en_GB |
dc.subject | Suicide & self-harm | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en_GB |
dc.subject | Self-Injurious Behavior | en_GB |
dc.subject | Qualitative Research | en_GB |
dc.title | Acceptability, use and safety of the BlueIce self-harm prevention app: qualitative findings from the Beating Adolescent Self-Harm (BASH) randomised controlled trial. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-25T12:21:18Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1362-0347 | |
exeter.article-number | ARTN e300961 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from BMJ Publishing via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability statement: Data are available upon reasonable request | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2755-9734 | |
dc.identifier.journal | BMJ Mental Health | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMJ Ment Health, 27(1) | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-05-22 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2024-06-25 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-09-25T12:19:13Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-09-25T12:21:21Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2024-06-25 |
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