Abstract
Abstract Caregivers of older adults with MCI have multiple competing demands that limit their ability to seek mental health care, despite being at high risk for stress, anxiety, burnout, and depression. MHealth mindfulness interventions have preliminary efficacy to reduce distress for caregivers, but it is unknown which caregivers are most likely to use and benefit from mHealth mental health interventions. Understanding older adult caregiver mHealth use is an important step in providing personalized mental health care. This study investigated caregiver characteristics that predicted mHealth mindfulness mobile application use in a sample of n=58 caregivers of older adults with MCI. Using linear regression models, it was determined that years spent caregiving, having someone to help with caregiving tasks and education level were all significant predictors of the total amount of minutes spent using the mindfulness application. Our results contribute to the growing body of literature on mHealth strategies to address caregiver distress. Future work should address the expansion of mHealth innovations for older adults and their care persons.
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