{"id":1995,"date":"2021-02-04T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T09:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-path.io\/manual\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1995"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:37:22","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/app-manual-wp-001-atfsdabuggg7fzdq.germanywestcentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/knowledge-base\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome to m-Path<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>m-Path is a&nbsp;free and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/m-path.io\/LegalPage\/legal.html\">GDPR compliant<\/a>&nbsp;platform for <strong>practitioners and their clients<\/strong> who wish to implement blended care in their therapeutic process. The platform provides an&nbsp;intuitive&nbsp;and&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;framework for real-life assessment and intervention, and is entirely&nbsp;free&nbsp;to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In an\u00a0<strong>assessment<\/strong>\u00a0phase, m-Path can repeatedly fire short momentary surveys to get a better understanding of the nature, causes and consequences of symptoms or complaints, and the client&#8217;s therapeutic progress over time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In an\u00a0<strong>intervention<\/strong>\u00a0stage, m-Path can be used to schedule and implement real-time therapeutic exercises, assignments or reminders, and to evaluate their effectiveness in the moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>online dashboard<\/strong>&nbsp;with all information concisely summarized in the form of intuitive timelines, charts and graphs, equipes practitioners with an excellent&nbsp;<strong>feedback tool<\/strong>&nbsp;to evaluate and adjust their therapy goals, and to discuss critical insights with their clients in the actual therapy session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the spirit of\u00a0<strong>evidence-based practices<\/strong>, we hope to create a community of practitioners that can share, adapt, validate and ultimately improve the online assessment and therapeutic exercises for a wide array of psychological problems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>m-Path can also be used by <strong>researchers and their participants <\/strong>to collect online data (e.g. Experience Sampling studies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Terminology<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">m-Path users<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Practitioner<\/strong>. A practitioner refers to a professional in a medical\/health related domain, or any other field in which m-Path can provide support. Practitioners can setup questionnaires and consult the online dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Client<\/strong>. A client is linked to a practitioner and only makes use of the m-Path app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Researcher<\/strong>. A researcher uses m-Path to conduct research and send surveys to participants. Researchers can set up studies, make use of the online dashboard and retrieve data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Participant<\/strong>. A participant is linked to a study conducted by a researcher and only makes use of the m-Path app.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Note that this guide is <strong>written for practitioners<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you a researcher? Visit the documentation on <a href=\"\/article-categories\/researchers-participants\/\">Researchers &amp; Participants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interactions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A type of interaction determines how the information is displayed to the client. There are 3 types of interactions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-list heroic-styled-list\" id=\"heroic-styled-list-59becf89-742f-4229-999d-dfb61abaef11\"><ol class=\"fa-ul\"><li><a href=\"\/article-categories\/questionnaires\/\">Questionnaire<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/article-categories\/button\/\">Button<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/article-categories\/applet\/\">Applet<\/a><\/li><\/ol><style>#heroic-styled-list-59becf89-742f-4229-999d-dfb61abaef11 li:before{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   background:#000000;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   border-radius: 0;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   }<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, if we talk about an interaction we do not necessarily mean a questionnaire. However, a questionnaire is the most basic and frequently used type of interaction and will be explained in the rest of this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following articles, we cover a few basics such as how you can register to m-Path and configure your mobile device. Finally, we will explain how you can set up your first questionnaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"\/knowledge-base\/welcome-to-m-path\/\" style=\"color:#02aef2\">Start with Registering<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to m-Path. 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