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Huberty, Jennifer L., Jeni Green, Megan E. Puzia, Linda Larkey, Breanne Laird, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Robert Vlisides-Henry, and Michael R. Irwin. "Testing a mindfulness meditation mobile app for the treatment of sleep-related symptoms in adults with sleep disturbance: A randomized controlled trial." PLOS ONE 16, no. 1 (January 7, 2021): e0244717. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244717.
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The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to test whether a commercially available, mindfulness meditation mobile app, (i.e., Calm app), was effective in reducing fatigue (primary outcome), pre-sleep arousal, and daytime sleepiness (secondary outcomes) in adults with sleep disturbance (Insomnia Severity Index Score >10) as compared to a wait-list control group. Associations between the use of the Calm app (i.e., adherence to the intervention) and changes in sleep quality was also explored in the intervention group only. Adults with sleep disturbance were recruited (N = 640). Eligible and consenting participants (N = 263) were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 124) or a wait-list control (n = 139) group. Intervention participants were asked to meditate using the Calm app ≥10 minutes/day for eight weeks. Fatigue, daytime sleepiness, and pre-sleep arousal were assessed at baseline, mid- (4-weeks) and post-intervention (8-weeks) in both groups, whereas sleep quality was evaluated only in the intervention group. Findings from intent-to-treat analyses suggest the use of the Calm app for eight weeks significantly decreased daytime fatigue (p = .018) as well as daytime sleepiness (p = .003) and cognitive (p = .005) and somatic (p < .001) pre-sleep arousal as compared to the wait-list control group. Within the intervention group, use of the Calm app was associated with improvements in sleep quality (p < .001). This randomized controlled trial demonstrates that the Calm app can be used to treat fatigue, daytime sleepiness, and pre-sleep arousal in adults with sleep disturbance. Given that the Calm app is affordable and widely accessible, these data have implications for community level dissemination of a mobile app to improve sleep-related symptoms associated with sleep disturbance. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04045275.
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Wang, Tze-Fang, Rou-Chen Huang, Su-Chen Yang, Chyuan Chou, and Lee-Chen Chen. "Evaluating the Effects of a Mobile Health App on Reducing Patient Care Needs and Improving Quality of Life After Oral Cancer Surgery: Quasiexperimental Study." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 7 (July 27, 2020): e18132. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18132.
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Background Intervention with a mobile Health (mHealth) app can improve the efficacy of early detection of oral cancer and the outcomes for patients taking oral anticancer medications. The quality of life of oral cancer patients is significantly reduced within three months after surgery; also, their needs for nursing care and health information increase, mainly due to side effects and associated psychological problems. Objective This study aimed to evaluate changes in the care needs and quality of life of patients with oral cancer after receiving the intervention of a newly developed mHealth app. Methods After surgery, oral cancer patients were divided into an experimental group (n=50) who received the mHealth app intervention and a control group (n=50) who received routine health care and instruction. After 3 months of intervention, survey questionnaires were used to assess the patients’ quality of life, nursing care needs, and acceptance of the mHealth app. Results The physiological care needs were significantly decreased in the experimental group compared with the control group (P<.05). Although the differences were not statistically significant, the psychological needs, communication needs, and care support needs all improved after the mHealth app intervention. The overall improvement in quality of life was higher in the experimental group than in the control group (–7.24 vs –4.36). In terms of intention to use, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use, the acceptability scores of the mHealth app were significantly increased after 3 months of intervention (P<.05). Conclusions Compared with routine health care and instruction, for patients after surgery, the education/information intervention using the mHealth app significantly reduced their nursing care needs, improved their quality of life, and increased their acceptance of using an mHealth app on a mobile device. These findings can provide a theoretical basis for future health care app design and improvement. This study suggests that an mHealth app should be incorporated into the routine care of oral cancer patients to provide medical information quickly and improve their self-management abilities, thereby reducing the patients’ need for physiological care and improving their quality of life. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04049968; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04049968
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Adib, Riddhiman, Dipranjan Das, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, and Stacee Marie Lerret. "An mHealth App-Based Self-management Intervention for Family Members of Pediatric Transplant Recipients (myFAMI): Framework Design and Development Study." JMIR Nursing 5, no. 1 (January 4, 2022): e32785. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/32785.
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Background Solid-organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for children with end-stage organ failure. Ongoing recovery and medical management at home after transplant are important for recovery and transition to daily life. Smartphones are widely used and hold the potential for aiding in the establishment of mobile health (mHealth) protocols. Health care providers, nurses, and computer scientists collaboratively designed and developed mHealth family self-management intervention (myFAMI), a smartphone-based intervention app to promote a family self-management intervention for pediatric transplant patients’ families. Objective This paper presents outcomes of the design stages and development actions of the myFAMI app framework, along with key challenges, limitations, and strengths. Methods The myFAMI app framework is built upon a theory-based intervention for pediatric transplant patients, with aid from the action research (AR) methodology. Based on initially defined design motivation, the team of researchers collaboratively explored 4 research stages (research discussions, feedback and motivations, alpha testing, and deployment and release improvements) and developed features required for successful inauguration of the app in the real-world setting. Results Deriving from app users and their functionalities, the myFAMI app framework is built with 2 primary components: the web app (for nurses’ and superadmin usage) and the smartphone app (for participant/family member usage). The web app stores survey responses and triggers alerts to nurses, when required, based on the family members’ response. The smartphone app presents the notifications sent from the server to the participants and captures survey responses. Both the web app and the smartphone app were built upon industry-standard software development frameworks and demonstrate great performance when deployed and used by study participants. Conclusions The paper summarizes a successful and efficient mHealth app-building process using a theory-based intervention in nursing and the AR methodology in computer science. Focusing on factors to improve efficiency enabled easy navigation of the app and collection of data. This work lays the foundation for researchers to carefully integrate necessary information (from the literature or experienced clinicians) to provide a robust and efficient solution and evaluate the acceptability, utility, and usability for similar studies in the future. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.1002/nur.22010
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Richards, Rebecca, Paul Kinnersley, Kate Brain, and Fiona Wood. "Cancer Clinicians’ Views Regarding an App That Helps Patients With Cancer Meet Their Information Needs: Qualitative Interview Study." JMIR Cancer 7, no. 2 (May 6, 2021): e23671. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/23671.
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Background Many patients with cancer have unmet information needs during the course of the illness. Smart devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, provide an opportunity to deliver information to patients remotely. We aim to develop an app intervention to help patients with cancer meet their illness-related information needs in noninpatient settings. In addition to the in-depth exploration of the issues faced by the target users of a potential intervention, it is important to gain an understanding of the context in which the intervention will be used and the potential influences on its adoption. As such, understanding the views of clinicians is key to the successful implementation of this type of app in practice. Additionally, clinicians have an awareness of their patients’ needs and can provide further insight into the type of app and features that might be most beneficial. Objective This study aims to explore cancer clinicians’ views on this type of intervention and whether they would support the use of an app in cancer care. Specifically, the perceived acceptability of an app used in consultations, useful app features, the potential benefits and disadvantages of an app, and barriers to app use were explored. Methods A total of 20 qualitative, semistructured interviews were conducted with 22 clinicians from urological, colorectal, breast, or gynecological cancer clinics across 2 hospitals in South Wales. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Clinicians felt that it would be acceptable for patients to use such an app in noninpatient settings, including during consultations. The benefits of this type of app were anticipated to be a more informed patient, an increased sense of control for patients, better doctor-patient communication, and a more efficient and effective consultation. In contrast, an increase in clinicians’ workload and poorer communication in consultations, which depended on the included app features, were identified as potential disadvantages. The anticipated barriers to app use included patients’ age and prior experience with smart technology, their access to smart devices, the confidentiality of information, and an avoidant coping approach to their condition. Conclusions This study suggests that clinicians should support their patients in using an app to help them meet their information needs both at home and during consultations. This study highlights some of the potential barriers for this type of intervention in practice, which could be minimized during the intervention design process.
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Chung, Kyungmi, Seoyoung Kim, Eun Lee, and Jin Young Park. "Mobile App Use for Insomnia Self-Management in Urban Community-Dwelling Older Korean Adults: Retrospective Intervention Study." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 8 (August 24, 2020): e17755. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/17755.
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Background As an evidence-based psychotherapy for treating insomnia, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which helps people with sleep problems to change their unhelpful sleep-related beliefs and habits, has been well-established in older adults. Recently, the utilization of mobile CBT-I apps has been getting attention from mental health professionals and researchers; however, whether mobile CBT-I apps are usable among older users has yet to be determined. Objective The aims of this study were to explore the relationships between subjective sleep quality and subjective memory complaints and depressive symptoms; to explore the relationship between perceived difficulty in mobile app use and usability of the mobile phone–based self-help CBT-I app, named MIND MORE, in urban community-dwelling Korean older adults; to compare changes in subjective sleep quality from pre-intervention to post-intervention, during which they used the mobile app over a 1-week intervention period; and evaluate adherence to the app. Methods During the 2-hour training program delivered on 1 day titled “Overcoming insomnia without medication: How to use the ‘MIND MORE’ mobile app for systematic self-management of insomnia” (pre-intervention), 41 attendants were asked to gain hands-on experience with the app facilitated by therapists and volunteer workers. They were then asked to complete questionnaires on sociodemographic characteristics, subjective evaluation of mental health status (ie, depression, memory loss and impairment, and sleep problems), and app usability. For the 1-week home-based self-help CBT-I using the app (post-intervention), 9 of the 41 program attendants, who had already signed up for the pre-intervention, were guided to complete the given questionnaires on subjective evaluation of sleep quality after the 1-week intervention, specifically 8 days after the training program ended. Results Due to missing data, 40 of 41 attendants were included in the data analysis. The main findings of this study were as follows. First, poor subjective sleep quality was associated with higher ratings of depressive symptoms (40/40; ρ=.60, P<.001) and memory complaints (40/40; ρ=.46, P=.003) at baseline. Second, significant improvements in subjective sleep quality from pre-intervention to post-intervention were observed in the older adults who used the MIND MORE app only for the 1-week intervention period (9/9; t8=3.74, P=.006). Third, apart from the program attendants who did not have a smartphone (2/40) or withdrew from their MIND MORE membership (3/40), those who attended the 1-day sleep education program adhered to the app from at least 2 weeks (13/35, 37%) to 8 weeks (2/35, 6%) without any further contact. Conclusions This study provides empirical evidence that the newly developed MIND MORE app not only is usable among older users but also could improve subjective sleep quality after a 1-week self-help intervention period.
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Alnasser, Aroub, Janet Kyle, Najla Aloumi, Abdulrahman Al-Khalifa, and Debbi Marais. "The Twazon Arabic Weight Loss App: App-Based Intervention for Saudi Women With Obesity." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 7, no. 5 (May 28, 2019): e10923. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/10923.
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Teresa, Sara Barbeito, María Mayoral, Miguel Moreno, Sergio Ríos- Aguilar, Celso Arango, and Ana Calvo. "F20. THINK APP: A MOBILE APP–BASED INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS." Schizophrenia Bulletin 45, Supplement_2 (April 2019): S261—S262. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbz018.432.
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Massie, Ariane, Keri-Leigh Cassidy, Michael Vallis, David Conn, Daria Parsons, Julie Spence Mitchell, Claire Checkland, and Kiran Rabheru. "Comparing a Clinician Assisted and App-Supported Positive Psychiatry Behavioral Activation Intervention." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 373–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1203.
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Abstract Positive psychiatry offers a unique approach to promote brain health and well-being in aging populations. Health interventions are increasingly becoming available using self-guided apps, however, little is known about the effectiveness of app technology or the difference between in-person versus self-guided app methodology for behavioural activation. The objective of this study was to investigate the difference in users and outcomes between two formats of a positive psychiatry intervention to promote brain health and well-being in later-life: (1) clinician-assisted, and (2) independent app use for self-management. As part of a larger national knowledge translation intervention two methods of a behavioural activation intervention (Clinician-assisted vs. Independent app use) were retrospectively compared. Main outcomes were patient characteristics (age, sex, and completion rate), psychological outcomes (health and resilience, and well-being), and behavioural outcomes (goal attainment, and items of goal SMART-ness). Clinician-assisted patients (n=254) were more likely to be male, older, and had lower health and resilience scores at baseline than Independent app users (n=333). Clinician-assisted patients had notably higher completion rates (99.2% vs. 10.8%). Psychological outcomes were similar regardless of intervention method for those who completed the intervention. Clinician-assisted patients had higher rates of goal attainment and goal SMART-ness. A preliminary goal setting methodology for effective behavioural activation, to promote brain health and wellness, is given. Clinician-patient relationships were found to be an important factor for intervention completion, caution is given for app use referral. Results indicate a need for further exploration to determine best practices for health app use in clinical practice.
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Wei, Kevin S., Nasrien E. Ibrahim, Ashok A. Kumar, Sidhant Jena, Veronica Chew, Michal Depa, Namrata Mayanil, Joseph C. Kvedar, and Hanna K. Gaggin. "Habits Heart App for Patient Engagement in Heart Failure Management: Pilot Feasibility Randomized Trial." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 9, no. 1 (January 20, 2021): e19465. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19465.
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Background Due to the complexity and chronicity of heart failure, engaging yet simple patient self-management tools are needed. Objective This study aimed to assess the feasibility and patient engagement with a smartphone app designed for heart failure. Methods Patients with heart failure were randomized to intervention (smartphone with the Habits Heart App installed and Bluetooth-linked scale) or control (paper education material) groups. All intervention group patients were interviewed and monitored closely for app feasibility while receiving standard of care heart failure management by cardiologists. The Atlanta Heart Failure Knowledge Test, a quality of life survey (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire), and weight were assessed at baseline and final visits. Results Patients (N=28 patients; intervention: n=15; control: n=13) with heart failure (with reduced ejection fraction: 15/28, 54%; male: 20/28, 71%, female: 8/28, 29%; median age 63 years) were enrolled, and 82% of patients (N=23; intervention: 12/15, 80%; control: 11/13, 85%) completed both baseline and final visits (median follow up 60 days). In the intervention group, 2 out of the 12 patients who completed the study did not use the app after study onboarding due to illnesses and hospitalizations. Of the remaining 10 patients who used the app, 5 patients logged ≥1 interaction with the app per day on average, and 2 patients logged an interaction with the app every other day on average. The intervention group averaged 403 screen views (per patient) in 56 distinct sessions, 5-minute session durations, and 22 weight entries per patient. There was a direct correlation between duration of app use and improvement in heart failure knowledge (Atlanta Heart Failure Knowledge Test score; ρ=0.59, P=.04) and quality of life (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire score; ρ=0.63, P=.03). The correlation between app use and weight change was ρ=–0.40 (P=.19). Only 1 out of 11 patients in the control group retained education material by the follow-up visit. Conclusions The Habits Heart App with a Bluetooth-linked scale is a feasible way to engage patients in heart failure management, and barriers to app engagement were identified. A larger multicenter study may be warranted to evaluate the effectiveness of the app. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03238729; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03238729
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Win, Hninyee, Samantha Russell, Betsy C. Wertheim, Victoria Maizes, Robert Crocker, Audrey J. Brooks, Ruben Mesa, et al. "Mobile App Intervention on Reducing the Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Symptom Burden: Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study." JMIR Formative Research 6, no. 3 (March 31, 2022): e33581. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/33581.
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Background Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of myeloid malignancies associated with significant symptom burden. Despite pharmacological advances in therapies, inadequate management of MPN symptoms results in reduced quality of life. Objective This study aims to determine the feasibility of a 12-week global wellness mobile app intervention in decreasing MPN symptom burden. The University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine’s global wellness mobile app, My Wellness Coach (MWC), guides patients to improve their health and well-being through facilitating behavior changes. Methods Of the 30 patients enrolled in a 12-week intervention, 16 (53%) were retained through the final assessment. Feasibility was assessed by the ease of recruitment, participant adherence, and mobile app acceptability. App acceptability was measured using the user version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale. MPN symptom burden was measured at baseline and 12 weeks after the intervention. Results Recruitment was efficient, with the participant goal reached within a 60-day period, suggestive of a demand for such an intervention. Adherence was less than the target within study design (75%), although similar to mobile device app use in other studies (53%). The app was deemed acceptable based on the mean user version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale 3-star rating by participants. Finally, there were statistically significant improvements in several MPN symptoms, quality of life, and total score on the Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Symptom Assessment Form surveys. Conclusions Our 12-week intervention with the MWC app was feasible and was associated with a decrease in MPN symptom burden. Further investigation of the MWC app for use as a self-management strategy to reduce the symptom burden in patients with MPN is warranted.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "App-intervention"
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Kaplan, Gaby. "App-based intervention for children with reading difficulties : a description of five cases." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13112.
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Includes bibliographical references.This descriptive single subject intervention study aimed to describe the outcomes of an application (app)-based intervention for five children with reading difficulties. All participants were required to have a grade one reading level. Each participant’s language and literacy profiles are detailed in accordance with developmental and information processing models, and intervention was designed based on each child’s specific level of difficulty. Following a baseline control period, each child received approximately six weeks of intervention using the Reading TherAppy and/or Comprehension TherAppy app (Tactus Therapy Solutions) on an iPad ® mini, which was mediated by the researcher on a 1:1 basis. Treated and untreated probe items were administered at three points in the study (baseline, pre, post) in order to determine the effects of intervention on treated and untreated, matched items. Each child’s reading on standardized literacy measures was re-evaluated post intervention. This was followed by an interview with each participant to obtain information about his or her experience of the intervention. Results show that all participants improved their reading of items treated in the intervention. In addition, some of the participants’ standardized reading and spelling scores improved in relation to typically developing peers from pre to post intervention testing. Changes are detailed for each participant using the theoretical models. Child interviews indicated that all children enjoyed a positive experience of intervention. This study aimed to explore and contribute to the limited knowledge base on efficacy, optimal dosage and outcomes of app-based intervention for children with reading difficulties. The implications of the study are discussed in relation to Speech Language Therapists working in educational settings, the functional application of models of reading, and the reading intervention literature.
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Reynolds, Lauren Wargelin. "The Effect of the iPad Math Intervention Mathspace on High School Algebra Computation Skills." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1531828859488563.
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Abed, Ala. "eValuate - A Sports Analytics mHealth App : Featuring the Perceived Load and Fitness Scale for Overtraining Prevention and Intervention." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278027.
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Health and fitness apps have become ubiquitous as smart devices become a major necessity in day-to-day life. However, an obvious issue with mobile health (mHealth) apps is that a substantial portion of them lack a scientific foundation and instead utilize experiential stratagems. Hence, the acquired data becomes unreliable. In sports, where data collection is extensive, this becomes a vital factor for success due to the increasing usage of mHealth. Therefore, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences has, in collaboration with other organizations, created the Perceived Load and Fitness Scale Questionnaire. The purpose of this questionnaire is to function as a marker for overtraining, and thus injury prevention and intervention will become a simpler and more efficient task. A computer software was developed for the questionnaire; however, a mobile version was required, and thus requested. Consequently, the mHealth prototype app eValuate was developed. Research, in the form of literature studies, and dissection of other apps, for additional information, contributed to the development of it. The prototype was developed using the programming language Java with Android Studio as the Integrated Development Environment and Cloud Firebase Firestore as a database solution. The finished prototype, eValuate, had to be trialled to ensure that it satisfies the criteria. Thus, the Mobile Application Rating Scale was employed as the most appropriate means of evaluation. A small-scale study was planned to trial the prototype by utilizing this scale. However, due to unforeseen events, only four respondents could provide feedback. The prototype performed admirably and scored 3.8 stars out of 5 stars. Nonetheless, the testing sample is too small to draw any real conclusions.
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Corralejo, Samantha M. "Technology in Parenting Programs: A Systematic Review and Pilot Study of an App-Based Intervention for Latinx Families." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7661.
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Technology and psychological treatments have increasingly been used together to increase the reach of psychotherapy and potentially reduce treatment costs. This research focused on how technology has been used to deliver or facilitate treatments focused on behavioral parent training. Behavioral parent training is a research-supported method of improving parenting skills and child behavior. We first reviewed any existing research on the topic, and found that treatments that used technology to teach parenting skills were generally successful at improving parent and child behavior. The review also identified many research questions that have yet to be answered about the cost of such interventions, how they work with diverse groups of people, and what makes someone likely to stay with the treatment. The next study in this research project tested a shortened version of a technology-based treatment adapted from a group-based manual that was created for Spanish-speaking families. The program was called Padres Preparados Online (Prepared Parents Online), and it taught three parenting skills on a system that was available online or using an app. Parent coaching, typically carried out in in-person groups or on the phone, was also conducted online. Parents uploaded videos of themselves to an online system and the therapist would record and post video, audio, and text coaching comments to support parents in strengthening the skills they were learning. Results showed that parents and children improved in a variety of ways, ranging from decreased problematic child behavior to decreased parenting stress. This study demonstrated that technology can be used to deliver a parenting program to Latinx families, and helped the study team identify limitations and questions for future research.
This research was financially supported by the Utah State University Psychology Department and Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services.
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Haeger, Jack A. "Utilizing ACT Daily as a Self-Guided Mobile App Intervention for Depression and Anxiety in a College Counseling Center." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5217.
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College counseling centers (CCCs) have experienced funding and staffing setbacks in recent years, resulting in higher caseloads, counselor burnout, and bloated waitlists. Mobile Health (mHealth) interventions may offer a cost-effective and innovative solution. The authors developed ACT Daily, a prototype mHealth app based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This study examined the feasibility and possible efficacy of ACT Daily as a brief intervention for individuals placed on CCC waitlists.
A sample of 11 depressed/anxious clients waitlisted at a local CCC enrolled in the study, which followed a pre-post, open trial design. Participants received a brief online training that covered the basics of ACT and introduced the app’s functions and features. For the following 2 weeks, participants were asked to use ACT Daily every day. Results displayed high acceptability, usability, and satisfaction ratings across users. Significant improvements were observed on most ACT process measures, including overall psychological inflexibility. Findings from app usage and self-report measures supported ACT Daily’s ability to promote skill use in the moment. Analyses of in-app data indicated that ACT Daily’s skills were potentially effective in the moment and increased in strength over time. Furthermore, ACT Daily appeared to serve as a helpful pre-therapy tool due to significant reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as improvements in emotional self-awareness. Finally, the online training appeared to equip users with a sufficient comprehension of core ACT components and app training.
While this pilot study suffered from a low sample size, this pattern of results encourages the application and dissemination of ACT mHealth apps as an added support for waitlisted CCC clients suffering from depression or anxiety. Moreover, it appears that ACT Daily may have enabled users to acquire, strengthen, and potentially generalize useful ACT skills. It is theorized that the app facilitated in-the-moment learning of skills that could then be applied directly to real-world contexts. Future research is advised to target larger, more diverse samples, implement a randomized controlled trial design, add objective behavioral and physiological measures, incorporate all six ACT processes, and integrate client feedback into future iterations of ACT Daily.
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PAGANIN, GIULIA. "Mobile-based interventions for stress management: preliminary results on technology acceptance, users’ experience, and effectiveness of mobile apps." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/378812.
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L’attuale avanzamento tecnologico ha portato una serie di benefici (es. flessibilità) e svantaggi (es. sovraccarico di informazioni) a lavoratori e studenti. I fattori avversi possono aumentare le possibilità di sviluppare problemi di salute psicofisica. Inoltre, la diffusione del COVID-19 ha peggiorato le esistenti problematiche stress-correlate. Le aziende e le università sono ancora alla ricerca di nuovi approcci per la promozione del benessere di lavoratori e studenti, poiché gli interventi tradizionali in presenza sembrano essere non sempre efficaci e poco utilizzati. Le mobile-app permettono di erogare interventi non-intrusivi, anonimi e di coinvolgere un maggior numero di partecipanti. Tuttavia, l’efficacia di tali interventi è ancora poco chiara. Inoltre, fattori come user engagement, usabilità e accettazione della tecnologia, spesso sottovalutati, potrebbero influenzare l’intenzione di utilizzare gli interventi erogati tramite app e influenzarne l’efficacia. La presente tesi di dottorato si è concentrata sugli interventi mobile-based, visti come una soluzione volta a diminuire lo stress e promuovere il benessere, e sui facilitatori e le barriere coinvolte nell’utilizzo e nell’efficacia di tali interventi. Abbiamo considerato sia i lavoratori, sia gli studenti universitari, due categorie particolarmente soggette al rischio stress. Il primo capitolo consiste in una revisione sistematica della letteratura, focalizzata sugli studi esistenti riguardo gli interventi smartphone-based in ambito lavorativo. I risultati indicano che gli interventi si focalizzano principalmente sulla salute fisica e che l’user engagement, l’accettazione della tecnologia e l’usabilità dovrebbero essere considerati nella progettazione di interventi mobile-based e nella valutazione della loro efficacia. Il secondo capitolo valuta l’invarianza di misura e strutturale del Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), da una prospettiva cross-nazionale, considerando un campione di studenti universitari italiani e tedeschi. I risultati confermano l’invarianza di misura, e l’influenza della percezione di facilità d’uso (PU) e dell’utilità (PU) degli studenti sulla loro intenzione d’utilizzo (INT) di una app per la promozione del benessere e gestione dello stress. Lo studio ha dimostrato la relazione diretta tra PEOU e PU solo nel campione di studenti italiani. Il terzo capitolo riguarda l’integrazione del TAM con variabili personali e contestuali che potrebbero influenzare l’accettazione di una app per la promozione del benessere e la gestione dello stress in azienda. I risultati mostrano che l’innovatività personale ha un impatto diretto su INT e che l’autoefficacia percepita nell’uso dello smartphone e il supporto organizzativo all’innovazione influenzano indirettamente l’INT, via PU e PEOU. Il quarto capitolo si focalizza sullo studio dell’efficacia di WellBe!, una app per la promozione del benessere e la gestione dello stress di studenti universitari, sviluppata dal Bicocca Center for Applied Psychology. I risultati mostrano che il gruppo sperimentale ha riportato buoni livelli di user engagement e di usabilità. L’utilizzo dell’app sembra aver avuto un effetto sul miglioramento dei livelli di salute, soddisfazione e mindfulness subito dopo l’intervento. Tuttavia, WellBe! non ha diminuito lo stress percepito e non ha aumentato il capitale psicologico. In conclusione, gli studi presentati hanno messo in luce un cambio di paradigma, dagli interventi faccia-a-faccia a un approccio mobile-based. Questo cambiamento deriva anche dalla necessità di interventi più efficaci per gestire lo stress. Questa tesi sottolinea alcune questioni aperte che le organizzazioni e le università dovrebbero affrontare prima di adottare interventi mobile-based, in modo da aumentare le probabilità di successo, e dopo l’implementazione degli stessi, per comprendere le ragioni della loro efficacia o inefficacia.The moment in which we live is dominated by notable technological advancements, leading to a series of benefits (e.g., flexibility) and disadvantages (e.g., information overload) for workers and university students. The adverse factors may raise their chances of getting psychophysical health problems. Moreover, the current spread of the COVID-19 may have worsened antecedent stress-related disease. For several years, organizations and universities have been looking for new approaches to promote the wellbeing of workers and students, as traditional face-to-face interventions do not always seem to be effective or seem not to be used. Mobile apps make it possible to deliver unobtrusive, anonymous interventions and reach a broader range of participants. To date, the effectiveness of mobile-based app interventions is still unclear. In addition, there is a need to clarify the role of user engagement, usability, and technology acceptance, which are often neglected, but could influence the intention to use mobile-app interventions and impact their effectiveness. To advance the limited research on this topic and fill the current gaps, this dissertation focuses on mobile-based interventions as a solution to decrease stress and improve wellbeing, as well as on facilitators and barriers involved in the use of such interventions and their effectiveness. Chapter 1 systematically reviews studies on workplace smartphone-based interventions. Results indicate that most of these interventions focused on physical health and that user engagement, usability and technology acceptance should be considered in designing mobile-based interventions and evaluating their effectiveness. Chapter 2 tests the measurement invariance of the Technology Acceptance Model scale among university students from Italy and Germany and whether TAM is structurally invariant across countries. Results support the measurement invariance of the TAM scale. The structural invariance of the TAM model is only partially confirmed. Although perceived usefulness (PU) and ease of use (PEOU) impact students' intention to use mobile apps in both countries, PEUO is positively related to PU in the Italian sample only. These results allow a cross-national perspective to understand students' intention to use mobile apps for stress management. Chapter 3 integrates the TAM with personal and contextual factors affecting the acceptance of mobile-based apps for workplace stress management and well-being promotion. Results show that personal innovativeness impacts INT, while smartphone-related self-efficacy and organizational support for innovation indirectly affect INT via PU and PEOU. These results shed light on factors contributing to users’ acceptance of app-based interventions for mental health. Chapter 4 investigates the effectiveness of a mobile app named WellBe! that the Bicocca Center for Applied Psychology developed to provide students with well-being promotion interventions. Results show that the intervention group reports good engagement levels and perceived usability, in addition to an increase in general health, life satisfaction scores and mindfulness level after the intervention. However, there are no statistically significant differences in psychological capital and stress levels reported by participants pre-and post-intervention. Overall, WellBe! displays promising results. In sum, a paradigm shift in intervention design is taking place from a face-to-face to a mobile-based approach. This shift results from society's need for more effective interventions to manage stress. This dissertation underlines some critical open issues that organizations and universities should address before adopting mobile-based intervention, in order to increase the chances of intervention success, and after the intervention delivery to capture the reasons for its effectiveness.
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Falls, Dustin Glenn. "Efficacy of a Mobile Application for Improving Gait Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults." TopSCHOLAR®, 2017. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1945.
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The United States is a rapidly aging nation. Older adults have higher rates of falls than any other age group. One in four older adults fall each year. Many of these falls are associated with sedentary lifestyles and decreased muscular strength effecting balance and gait performance. Physical activity (exercise) can reduce the risk of falls among older adults, yet adherence remains low. Exergames can increase adherence to interventions that promote health and physical activity. Social engagement can increase self-efficacy and motivation to exercise. By design, the Bingocize® health promotion mobile application (app) increases social engagement, while providing a multi-factorial fall prevention intervention. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the efficacy of the app to improve gait in community-dwelling older adults (N=38; mean age 72.42 years +12.58). Participants were clustered and randomly assigned to (a) experimental (n=20; using app with bingo game, health education and exercise) or (b) control (n=18; using app with bingo game, health education without exercise) condition. Each group completed a tenweek intervention that consisted of two- 45-60 minute sessions per week. Pre and post gait analysis, at self-selected (SS) and fast-walking speeds, measured using the GAITRite® Electronic Walkway (GWS). Gait analysis included parameters of velocity, cadence, step time, step length and width, and single and double support time. A mixedmodel ANOVA (p < .05) was used for statistical analysis. There were no main effects observed. Significant interactions (group x time) were observed at fast speed and SS speed compared to the control group. Significant interactions were observed at fast speed included velocity (λ = .886, F (1, 36) = 4.61, p = .039, 𝜼𝒑 𝟐 = .114); and step length (λ = .864, F (1, 36) = 5.64, p = .023, 𝜼𝒑 𝟐 = .136); and were observed at SS speed for single support time (λ = .887, F (1, 36) = 4.59, p = .039, 𝜼𝒑 𝟐 = .113). Post hoc analyses using paired and independent samples t-tests were conducted on gait variables with observed significant interactions. The independent samples t-test for Single Support Time (SS) post was significant (t (36) = 2.454, p = .019, two-tailed). None of the remaining post hoc analyses were significant. There was a meaningful detectable change (MDC) in mean velocity (>5 cm/s) over time, for both SS and fast walking speeds, within the experimental condition. MDC in gait speed ranges from 5 cm/s (small) to 10 cm/s (large). As for clinical significance, this should be considered a small, yet meaningful detectable change. It is the conclusion of the investigators, that the app, with the exercise intervention, can effectively produce a meaningful change in gait speed (5 cm/s), which has the potential for reducing the risk of falls in older adults. This investigation was funded by The Retirement Research Foundation.
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Dobson, Allison J. "A test of new imagery-based intervention for increasing physical activity." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117345/1/Allison_Dobson_Thesis.pdf.
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This study examined the efficacy of a newly developed way to help people build and sustain their motivation for healthy behavioural changes using imagery about positive effects of the change, past successes, and ways to solve challenges. It compared effects on physical activity, from accessing the intervention immediately or after a delay. Only those randomly allocated to receive the intervention immediately increased duration of physical activity during the controlled phase. The approach may have potential to address any behaviour change that people see a need to make.
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Song, Kimchheng. "Incorporating Design Thinking and behavioural techniques to design and evaluate a mobile intervention to reduce sugar consumption." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235039/1/Kimchheng_Song_Thesis.pdf.
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Current trends indicate that 75 per cent of Australians will be overweight or obese by 2025 unless an innovative and effective strategy is implemented. This thesis incorporates design thinking and behaviour theory to design and evaluate a digital approach to reduce added sugar consumption in the Australians’ diet relative to the World Health Organisation recommended guidelines.
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Currie, Sinéad Anne. "Does an individually tailored physical activity intervention reduce the decline in physical activity during pregnancy compared to usual antenatal care? : the active pregnancy profile (APP) trial." Thesis, Ulster University, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.673811.
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Small numbers of pregnant women adhere to physical activity (PA) guidelines. Theoretically informed intervention may alter PA. Therefore, this research aimed to explore the effect of a theory-based (Health Action Process Approach, HAPA) intervention in reducing the magnitude of decline in PA during pregnancy. 109 primiparous, low risk women (mean age 29.9 +/-4.8 years) took part in an RCT in an urban maternity unit. Women were randomised to either usual care group or to intervention group, who received three individual PA consultations and an invitation to attend a weekly walking group after 20 weeks gestation. The primary outcome, change In PA, and secondary outcomes; mood, self-esteem, anxiety, social support, quality of life, perceived health, health service use, HAPA variables, gestational weight gain (GWG) and obstetric delivery outcomes were measured at weeks 10-14, 20-22 and 36-38 gestation. Ethical approval was granted by the Office for Research Ethics Committee, Northern Ireland (12/NI/0036) and the trial was registered (ISRCTN61829137). PA changes were analysed using Two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Changes in secondary outcomes were analysed using Repeated Measures ANOVA or chi square tests. Minutes of Moderate , and Vigorous intensity PA (MVPA) significantly decreased over pregnancy in both groups, however, the intervention group demonstrated a lesser decline with a median decrease of 3.5 minutes per day compared to six in the control group. Those attending at least one walking group (N=13) indicated a trend towards a lesser decrease in MVPA (attenders two and non-attenders four minutes per day). The intervention group showed greater increases in positive mood and less increase in anxiety (mood 2.4 vs 1.2; anxiety 1.9 vs 2.4). There were no differences in obstetric outcomes between groups. Results suggest that the intervention can reduce the decline in PA during pregnancy, however further testing is recommended.
Books on the topic "App-intervention"
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Rose, Raquel, and Nicolette Molina. Interventions. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190260859.003.0010.
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Despite the fact that suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, there are currently no US Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments for suicidal behavior. However, interventions that provide potentially effective treatment are available. This chapter explores medications and biological interventions as well as psychosocial, alternative, and app/Internet-based interventions. The section on medications and biological interventions covers clozapine, lithium, and ketamine. The psychosocial intervention section covers dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive–behavioral therapy for suicidal patients (CBT-SP), Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), attachment-based family therapy, and safety planning. The section on alternative and Internet-based interventions covers mindfulness meditation as well as online applications that can act as supplements to traditional treatments. The chapter concludes with a reminder of the importance of suicide risk assessment and clinician self-care in suicide prevention.
Book chapters on the topic "App-intervention"
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Wells, Martha, Kristy de Salas, and Anne Hardy. "Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to Design an App to Change Tourist Behaviour and Increase Dispersal into Regional Areas." In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022, 395–405. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94751-4_35.
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AbstractCurrently, many tourism destinations are experiencing greatly reduced tourism due to COVID-19. In order to ensure that regions that wish to engage in tourism can share the benefits of it more equally, and to prevent the predicted future problem of overuse of popular areas once pre-COVID visitor numbers resume, an app to encourage tourists and leisure-seekers to change their behaviour and disperse into regional areas has been developed. The Behaviour Change Wheel was used to define the problem, find suitable intervention functions and design methods of delivery that could increase tourists’ capability, opportunity and motivation to disperse farther into regions. The Huon Valley of Tasmania, Australia, was used as a research area. Our application of the Behaviour Change Wheel methodology determined that active engagement in logistic, value-based, and social information has the greatest chance of changing behaviour in this region and a list of Behaviour Change Techniques has been developed and considered in the design of a gamified travel app.
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Frejd, Peter, and Jonas B. Ärlebäck. "Initial Results of an Intervention Using a Mobile Game App to Simulate a Pandemic Outbreak." In International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling, 517–27. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62968-1_43.
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Chin, Winnie, Alicia Kurowski, Guanling Chen, Rebecca Gore, and Laura Punnett. "Enhancing the Usability of a Mobile App for Process Evaluation in a Participatory Ergonomics Healthcare Intervention." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 523–30. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_56.
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Kowatsch, Tobias, Dirk Volland, Iris Shih, Dominik Rüegger, Florian Künzler, Filipe Barata, Andreas Filler, et al. "Design and Evaluation of a Mobile Chat App for the Open Source Behavioral Health Intervention Platform MobileCoach." In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 485–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59144-5_36.
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Li, Chunxiao, Bin Gu, and Chenhui Guo. "Strategic Behavior in Mobile Behavioral Intervention Platforms: Evidence from a Field Quasi-experiment on a Health Management App." In Smart Health, 130–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03649-2_13.
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Siouli, Styliani, Stylianos Makris, Evangelia Romanopoulou, and Panagiotis P. D. Bamidis. "Living with Learning Difficulties: Two Case Studies Exploring the Relationship Between Emotion and Performance in Students with Learning Difficulties." In Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education, 131–43. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57717-9_10.
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AbstractResearch demonstrates that positive emotions contribute to students’ greater engagement with the learning experience, while negative emotions may detract from the learning experience. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a computer-based training program on the emotional status and its effect on the performance of two students with learning difficulties: a second-grade student of a primary school with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome and a fourth-grade student of a primary school with learning difficulties. For the purpose of this study, the “BrainHQ” web-based cognitive training software and the mobile app “AffectLecture” were used. The former was used for measuring the affective state of the students before and after each intervention. The latter was used for improving students’ cognitive development, in order to evaluate the possible improvement of their initial emotional status after the intervention with “BrainHQ” program, the possible effect of positive/negative emotional status on their performance, as well as the possible effect of high/poor performance on their emotional status. The results of the study demonstrate that there is a positive effect of emotion on performance and vice versa and the positive effect of performance on the emotional status and vice versa. These findings suggest that the affective state of students should be taken into account by educators, scholars and policymakers.
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Jaskulska, Anna, Kinga Skorupska, Zuzanna Bubrowska, Kinga Kwiatkowska, Wiktor Stawski, Maciej Krzywicki, Monika Kornacka, and Wiesław Kopeć. "Participatory Action for Citizens’ Engagement to Develop a Pro-environmental Research Application." In Digital Interaction and Machine Intelligence, 198–207. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11432-8_20.
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AbstractTo understand and begin to address the challenge of air pollution in Europe we conducted participatory research, art and design activities with the residents of one of the areas most affected by smog in Poland. The participatory research events, described in detail in this article, centered around the theme of ecology and served to design an application that would allow us to conduct field research on pro-environmental behaviours at a larger scale. As a result we developed a research application, rooted in local culture and history and place attachment, which makes use of gamification techniques. The application gathers air quality data from the densest network of air pollution sensors in Europe, thereby aligning the visible signs of pollution in the app with the local sensor data. At the same time it reinforces the users’ pro-environmental habits and exposes them to educational messages about air quality and the environment. The data gathered with this application will validate the efficacy of this kind of an intervention in addressing residents’ smog-causing behaviours.
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Panic-Cidic, Natali. "Digital Fictions: Towards Designing Narrative Driven Games as Therapy." In Mental Health | Atmospheres | Video Games, 77–86. Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/9783839462645-008.
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This paper introduces the benefits and possibilities of using digital fiction for narrative-driven games, especially its usage in the project "Writing New Bodies: Critical Co-design for 21st Century Digital-born Bibliotherapy". It addresses body image concerns and consequent psychological problems young women and women identified individuals are facing every day. The goal of "Writing New Bodies" is to develop a narrative-based, interactive story game application that can be used as an intervention method in therapy for body image issues. Digital fiction is an interactive form of storytelling and it only exists in its digital form (Bell et al. 2018, Ensslin et al. 2019, Bell et al. 2010). While some digital fictions are text-based, such as Depression Quest, there are 3D digital fictions such as Wallpaper or Inkubus that are multimodal in their nature (Ensslin et al. 2019). Overall, digital fictions are highly suitable for game developers who want to design narrative-driven projects. This is because they can provide a platform to deal with difficult topics (depression, suicide, body image issues) in an artistically appropriate and matter sensitive way. "Writing New Bodies" is a digital fiction app built in cooperative co-design iterations dealing with such a sensitive topic. First, the author explains what digital fictions are. Second, to point out how digital fiction games can be used in therapy, she introduces the methodology of the "Writing New Bodies" project and bibliotherapy as one of its intended usage options. Finally, she concludes by giving an outlook for further research.
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Taylor, Linnet. "There Is an App for That: Technological Solutionism as COVID-19 Policy in the Global North." In The New Common, 209–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_30.
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AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic took high-income countries entirely by surprise. Despite funding pandemic preparedness programs in Asia for more than 20 years, donor countries had not experienced an uncontrolled pandemic since HIV in the 1980s. When Ebola, Zika, SARS, and MERS threatened, countries outside the immediate geographic neighborhood or income level of those diseases’ places of origin were left largely untouched. In contrast to the swift, comprehensive response of South-East Asian countries, authorities in Europe and the United States assumed this coronavirus would behave like its predecessors SARS and MERS.What happened next around the world was both harrowing and illuminating. Lacking protective material resources, the human capacity for contact tracing or understanding of the disease, policymakers in higher-income countries turned to technology for a miracle. The technology sector responded with history’s most extensive hackathon, illuminating the mutual shaping of technology and public health policy. The most striking feature of the technological response to the pandemic has been the degree of what Morozov has called solutionism driving it—the belief that complex problems can be solved by technological intervention alone.
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"Application of Health Behavior Frameworks in the Design of an Oral Anticancer Medication Adherence App." In Design and Quality Considerations for Developing Mobile Apps for Medication Management, 135–68. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3832-6.ch006.
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This chapter describes the application of the Intervention Mapping (IM) framework through a case study of the development of an in-house medication adherence mHealth app for oral anticancer medications (called MedFC). Using the behavioral intervention frameworks described previously, this chapter discusses how patients' medication adherence needs, mobile app usage, perceptions and experiences with the prototype helped inform the development of MedFC. Through iterative evaluations, this chapter will illustrate how a mHealth intervention can be developed in a holistic manner, involving its target audience in the design process.
Conference papers on the topic "App-intervention"
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Yang, Zhou, Vinay Jayachandra Reddy, Rashmi Kesidi, and Fang Jin. "Addict Free - A Smart and Connected Relapse Intervention Mobile App." In SSTD '19: 16th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3340964.3340986.
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Catala, Alejandro, Deniece S. Nazareth, Paulo Félix, Khiet P. Truong, and Gerben J. Westerhof. "Emobook: A Multimedia Life Story Book App for Reminiscence Intervention." In MobileHCI '20: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3406324.3410717.
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Poyyeri, Sonith Raveendran, Vishnu Sivadasan, Byrav Ramamurthy, and Janet Nieveen. "MHealthInt: Healthcare intervention using mobile app and Google Cloud Messaging." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/eit.2016.7535229.
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Ledbetter, Lehua. "The CDA app: Conceptualizing a digital/cultural intervention in Critical Research Practices." In 2012 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2012). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ipcc.2012.6408591.
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Jayachandra, Vinay, Rashmi Kesidi, Zhou Yang, Chen Zhang, Zhenhe Pan, Victor Sheng, and Fang Jin. "BeSober: Assisting relapse prevention in Alcohol Addiction using a novel mobile app-based intervention." In 2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/asonam49781.2020.9381364.
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Pearson, Heather. "Why This App: Can a Video-Based Intervention Help Parents Identify Quality Educational Apps?" In AERA 2022. USA: AERA, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/ip.22.1882875.
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Pearson, Heather. "Why This App: Can a Video-Based Intervention Help Parents Identify Quality Educational Apps?" In 2022 AERA Annual Meeting. Washington DC: AERA, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/1882875.
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van der Velde, C., T. Färber, S. Schroeder, M. Pape, S. Herpertz, J. Wolstein, and S. Steins-Loeber. "I-GENDO: Entwicklung und Evaluation einer app-basierten gendersensiblen psychologischen Intervention bei Übergewicht und Adipositas." In Das Soziale in Medizin und Gesellschaft – Aktuelle Megatrends fordern uns heraus 56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP). Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1732197.
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van der Velde, C., T. Färber, S. Schroeder, M. Pape, S. Herpertz, J. Wolstein, and S. Steins-Loeber. "I-GENDO: Entwicklung und Evaluation einer app-basierten gendersensiblen psychologischen Intervention bei Übergewicht und Adipositas." In Das Soziale in Medizin und Gesellschaft – Aktuelle Megatrends fordern uns heraus 56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP). Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1732197.
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Li, Jie, Peishan Ning, Peixia Cheng, David Schwebel, Yang Yang, Xiang Wei, n. Jieyi He, et al. "1A.002 Factors associated with participant attrition in an app-based unintentional child injury intervention." In Virtual Pre-Conference Global Injury Prevention Showcase 2021 – Abstract Book. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2021-safety.2.
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Dominguez, Ximena, Elizabeth Rood, Danae Kamdar, Tiffany Leones, and Kayla Huynh. Splash and Bubbles for Parents App: Field Study Report. Digital Promise, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/119.
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This report prepared for The Jim Henson Company shares findings of a field study examining the promise of the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app, a second-screen digital resource designed for parents and caregivers to support young children’s learning of ocean science. The study conducted in 2020 involved a two-group, quasi-experimental design in which family participants were randomly assigned to either the intervention condition (who watched the show and used the app) or the comparison condition (who watched the show but did not have access to the app). Findings from this study provided information about how the app supported families to talk about science together; what science concepts and practices children learned through engaging with the app and related science activities; and how families shifted their attitudes, beliefs, or practices around science and media. Another finding highlighted parents and caregivers’ need for support around ways to engage with and use the app given that this represents a new type of digital tool.
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Tebb, Kathleen, Felicia Rodriguez, Lance Pollack, Sally Adams, Rosario Rico, Robert Renteria, Sang Leng Trieu, et al. Using an iPad App in School Health Centers to Support Latina Teens Making Choices about Birth Control—The Health-E You/Salud iTu Intervention. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.25302/12.2020.ad.150227481.
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Frisancho, Verónica, Alejandro Herrera, and Silvia Prina. Can a Budget Recording Tool Teach Financial Skills to Youth?: Experimental Evidence from a Financial Diaries Study. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003691.
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We study the impact of a mobile app to record daily financial transactions, coupled with enumerator monitoring visits every two weeks, on youths' investment in financial literacy and financial behavior. The treatment led to a positive and statistically significant effect on financial literacy scores and greater awareness of market prices. Youth in the treatment group experienced significant improvements in access to credit. These effects persist eight months after the intervention is over.
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Mateo Díaz, Mercedes, Laura Becerra Luna, Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Florencia López, Marcelo Pérez Alfaro, and Alejandro Vasquez Echeverria. Nudging Parents to Improve Preschool Attendance in Uruguay. Inter-American Development Bank, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002901.
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Uruguay has increased it preschool enrollment, reaching almost universal coverage among four- and five-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in schools in lower socioeconomic areas and among younger preschool children. This paper presents the results of a behavioral intervention to increase preschool attendance nationwide. Most previous experiments using behavioral sciences have looked at the impact of nudging parents on attendance and learning for school-age children; this is the first experiment looking at both attendance and child development for preschool children. It is also the first behavioral intervention to use a government mobile app to send messages to parents of preschool children. The intervention had no average treatment effect on attendance, but results ranged widely across groups. Attendance by children in the 25th 75th percentiles of absenteeism rose by 0.320.68 days over the course of the 13-week intervention, and attendance among children in remote areas increased by 1.48 days. Among all children in the study, the intervention also increased language development by 0.10 standard deviations, an impact similar to that of very labor-intensive programs, such as home visits. The intervention had stronger effects on children in the remote provinces of Uruguay, increasing various domains of child development by about 0.33 to 0.37 standard deviations. Behavioral interventions seeking to reduce absenteeism and raise test scores usually nudge parents on both the importance of attendance and ways to improve child development. In this experiment, the nudges focused only on absenteeism but had an effect on both.
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Moxham-Hall, Vivienne, Anton du Toit, and Deshanie Rawlings. Clinical interventions for e-cigarette cessation in young people: an Evidence Snapshot brokered by the Sax Institute for the NSW Ministry of Health. The Sax Institute, December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.57022/fyfv7482.
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Key messages • We found that there are limited studies analysing the effectiveness of e-cigarette cessation interventions in a clinical setting and of those that do exist the sample sizes are small, and the studies are underpowered to make any confident assessment of their effectiveness. • Clinical interventions appropriate for young people included nonpharmacologic interventions such as contingency management and behavioural counselling while NRT may be an effective pharmacologic intervention. • There was limited evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of behavioural counselling as a stand-alone cessation strategy, but it may be effective in conjunction with other approaches. • Emerging evidence suggests that digital cessation interventions (i.e. text message or app-based delivery) may be the preferred mode of delivery for young people, however, their effectiveness in maintaining abstinence is yet to be confirmed. • Evidence suggests there is a need to quantify and create a consistent measure of nicotine intake to appropriately inform clinical treatment decisions. • Studies are generally very low quality, and it is not possible nor is it appropriate to make any definitive conclusions.
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Salgado, Edgar, and Oscar A. Mitnik. Spatial and Time Spillovers of Driving Restrictions: Causal Evidence from Limas Pico y Placa Policy. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003849.
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Driving restrictions are popular interventions in rapidly urbanizing developing countries. Their relatively inexpensive implementation appeals to the pressing need to reduce traffic congestion and pollution. Their effectiveness however, remains contested. Using high frequency data from the community-based driving directions app Waze, we evaluate the causal effect on traffic congestion of Lima's Pico y Placa driving restriction policy introduced in 2019. We find small improvements in traffic congestion for the policy's directly targeted areas. However, those improvements are offset by time and spatial spillovers in the opposite direction in the aggregate. Speed improved by 2 percent during the early weeks of the intervention, but this effect disappeared 16 weeks after the start of the policy. Moreover, traffic conditions worsened in adjacent areas and in hours outside the time schedule of the policy. In the aggregate, accounting for time and spatial spillovers, a simulation exercise suggests that overall welfare declined by 2 percent, mostly driven by the extensive margin (more roads becoming congested) outside the direct areas and hours targeted by the policy. The policy seems not only to have failed to achieve its intended benefits in terms of congestion, but also probably caused increases in traffic-related pollution. These results highlight the need for policy makers to take into account the overall impacts of driving restrictions policies before implementing them.
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Treadwell, Jonathan R., James T. Reston, Benjamin Rouse, Joann Fontanarosa, Neha Patel, and Nikhil K. Mull. Automated-Entry Patient-Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23970/ahrqepctb38.
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Background. Automated-entry consumer devices that collect and transmit patient-generated health data (PGHD) are being evaluated as potential tools to aid in the management of chronic diseases. The need exists to evaluate the evidence regarding consumer PGHD technologies, particularly for devices that have not gone through Food and Drug Administration evaluation. Purpose. To summarize the research related to automated-entry consumer health technologies that provide PGHD for the prevention or management of 11 chronic diseases. Methods. The project scope was determined through discussions with Key Informants. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE (via EMBASE.com), In-Process MEDLINE and PubMed unique content (via PubMed.gov), and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews for systematic reviews or controlled trials. We also searched ClinicalTrials.gov for ongoing studies. We assessed risk of bias and extracted data on health outcomes, surrogate outcomes, usability, sustainability, cost-effectiveness outcomes (quantifying the tradeoffs between health effects and cost), process outcomes, and other characteristics related to PGHD technologies. For isolated effects on health outcomes, we classified the results in one of four categories: (1) likely no effect, (2) unclear, (3) possible positive effect, or (4) likely positive effect. When we categorized the data as “unclear” based solely on health outcomes, we then examined and classified surrogate outcomes for that particular clinical condition. Findings. We identified 114 unique studies that met inclusion criteria. The largest number of studies addressed patients with hypertension (51 studies) and obesity (43 studies). Eighty-four trials used a single PGHD device, 23 used 2 PGHD devices, and the other 7 used 3 or more PGHD devices. Pedometers, blood pressure (BP) monitors, and scales were commonly used in the same studies. Overall, we found a “possible positive effect” of PGHD interventions on health outcomes for coronary artery disease, heart failure, and asthma. For obesity, we rated the health outcomes as unclear, and the surrogate outcomes (body mass index/weight) as likely no effect. For hypertension, we rated the health outcomes as unclear, and the surrogate outcomes (systolic BP/diastolic BP) as possible positive effect. For cardiac arrhythmias or conduction abnormalities we rated the health outcomes as unclear and the surrogate outcome (time to arrhythmia detection) as likely positive effect. The findings were “unclear” regarding PGHD interventions for diabetes prevention, sleep apnea, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Most studies did not report harms related to PGHD interventions; the relatively few harms reported were minor and transient, with event rates usually comparable to harms in the control groups. Few studies reported cost-effectiveness analyses, and only for PGHD interventions for hypertension, coronary artery disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; the findings were variable across different chronic conditions and devices. Patient adherence to PGHD interventions was highly variable across studies, but patient acceptance/satisfaction and usability was generally fair to good. However, device engineers independently evaluated consumer wearable and handheld BP monitors and considered the user experience to be poor, while their assessment of smartphone-based electrocardiogram monitors found the user experience to be good. Student volunteers involved in device usability testing of the Weight Watchers Online app found it well-designed and relatively easy to use. Implications. Multiple randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated some PGHD technologies (e.g., pedometers, scales, BP monitors), particularly for obesity and hypertension, but health outcomes were generally underreported. We found evidence suggesting a possible positive effect of PGHD interventions on health outcomes for four chronic conditions. Lack of reporting of health outcomes and insufficient statistical power to assess these outcomes were the main reasons for “unclear” ratings. The majority of studies on PGHD technologies still focus on non-health-related outcomes. Future RCTs should focus on measurement of health outcomes. Furthermore, future RCTs should be designed to isolate the effect of the PGHD intervention from other components in a multicomponent intervention.