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

Paco Prada; Ido Zamberg; Gérald Bouillault; Naya Jimenez; Julien Zimmermann; Roland Hasler; Jean Michel Aubry; Rosetta Nicastro; Nader Perroud

doi:10.1111/ppc.12178

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

Paco Prada, Ido Zamberg, Gérald Bouillault, Naya Jimenez, Julien Zimmermann, Roland Hasler, Jean Michel Aubry, Rosetta Nicastro, Nader Perroud

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-298
Number of pages	10
Journal	Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
Volume	53
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12178
Publication status	Published - Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Prada, P., Zamberg, I., Bouillault, G., Jimenez, N., Zimmermann, J., Hasler, R., Aubry, J. M., Nicastro, R., & Perroud, N. (2017). EMOTEO: A Smartphone Application for Monitoring and Reducing Aversive Tension in Borderline Personality Disorder Patients, a Pilot Study. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 53(4), 289-298. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12178

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