EMOTEO: A Smartphone Application for Monitoring and Reducing Aversive Tension in Borderline Personality Disorder Patients, a Pilot Study.

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    • Subject Terms:
      PREVENTION of psychological stress; BORDERLINE personality disorder; PATIENT satisfaction; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SELF-evaluation; T-test (Statistics); VISUAL analog scale; TREATMENT effectiveness; MOBILE apps; DATA analysis software; MINDFULNESS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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      PURPOSE We developed a smartphone application (App; EMOTEO: emotion-meteo [weather forecast]) to help borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients to monitor and regulate their inner tension. The App proposes targeted mindfulness-based exercises. DESIGN AND METHODS We assessed the usability and efficiency of this App for monitoring and reduction of aversive tension in 16 BPD participants over a 6-month period. FINDINGS We recorded a mean of 318.1 sessions ( SD = 166.7) per participants, with a high level of satisfaction. There was a significant decrease in aversive tension ( p < .05) and the App was mainly used around 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS EMOTEO was user-friendly and efficient in reducing aversive tension in BPD patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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