Design of an APPS Prototype Oriented to Mental Health in University Students

Andrade-Arenas L.; Liñan-Espinoza E. · International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (2023) · DOI: 10.14445/22315381/ijett-v71i10p213

Resumen

Mental health among college students has grown exponentially since the pandemic. This was manifested through fatigue, depression, stress, anxiety, and others. The methodology applied in the research is design thinking, which has five phases. In addition, the objective of the research is to make a design through app prototypes that allow for a support system for university students, showing different scenarios of alternatives that minimize students' mental health problems. An interview was conducted using the Atlas TI.22 software with university students, and a survey was sent to experts for validation of the instrument. In this way, the data was triangulated using the networks in the software. As a result, the student's satisfaction with the design of the mobile application was obtained, as was the validation of the mobile application by expert judgment, taking into account the approval of criteria such as usability, quality, integration, and interface. The beneficiaries of the research were university students, teachers, and parents.

Instituciones: Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades