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• Create a dashboard for employers monitoring app utilization and
impact.
Connect This function allows users to connect with a trusted authentic connection.
Opportunities for future consideration:
• Add functionality similar to many other social connections tools that
allow for private conversations within the app.
• Allow users to invite their authentic connection supporter(s) and share
their progress on the app. Currently, this is a one-way function with no
functionality to chat within Hugr Authentic Connections app. All
communication would need to happen outside the app.
• Explore the benefits of allowing direct communication through the app
as a private messenger, or at least provide more instruction and clarity
on how to leverage and use this function and why or how it can be
useful.
Data analysis
Participants
As seen in Table 1, 26 companies were invited to offer this mental health support
resource to their employees. A total of 16 companies expressed their interest and promoted it to
their employees (total number of employees = 22,402). Out of 22,402 invited to participate in
this study, 150 completed the first comprehensive assessment (0.67% opt-in rate). Of the 150
initial participants, 66 completed all three assessments. Figure 1 indicates the participation
frequency at each assessment time point.
