A program to promote positive mental health through the web and an app

INTERVENTION: The study involves a control group and an experimental group of non‐professional caregivers of chronically ill patients. These will be included in the study from the primary care centres participating in the study. These will be randomly assigned to the control group or intervention. The assignment to the control group and experimental group will be made using the non‐commercial Epidat 3.0 software. In the control group, they will receive regular care from the health professionals in the centre. In the intervention group, in addition to regular care by the health professional, they will participate in a 1‐month program to promote positive mental health through a mobile application (App). For 1 month, they will receive daily activities based on the positive mental health decalogue (Lluch, 2011) and related to the tasks of caring for the family member. The App includes daily motivational phrases, a greeting to evaluate the daily emotional state and basic gamification by the activities performed by the user. The App is related to the website www.cuidadorascronicos.com, which is presented during the month of intervention to be a tool to use after the App program. CONDITION: Mental health of caregivers ; Mental and Behavioural Disorders PRIMARY OUTCOME: The effectiveness of the website and App "CuidadorasCronicos" in promoting positive mental health for non‐professional caregivers of people with chronic health problems, measured using the scale of Positive Mental Health (Lluch, 2008) at the start of the study and at 1, 3, and 6 months SECONDARY OUTCOME: ; 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the caregiver measured using an ad hoc questionnaire at the start of the study; 2. Caregiving burden measured using Zarit Burden Inventory at the start of the study and at 1, 3, and 6 months; 3. Satisfaction with the App measured using questionnaire (intervention group only) at the end of the App intervention; INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Primary, secondary and formal non‐professional family caregivers of people with chronic health problems with a minimum of 4 months of experience 2. Caregivers over 18 years of age 3. Caregivers using a mobile device and WhatsApp 4. Access to a mobile device with Android operating system 5. Consent to participate 6. Comprehension and reading of Spanish language