Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps

EA Edwards, J Lumsden, C Rivas, L Steed… - BMJ open, 2016‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Smartphone games that aim to alter health behaviours are common, but there is
uncertainty about how to achieve this. We systematically reviewed health apps containing …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral functionality of mobile apps in health interventions: a systematic review of the literature

HE Payne, C Lister, JH West… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2015‏ - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Several thousand mobile phone apps are available to download to mobile
phones for health and fitness. Mobile phones may provide a unique means of administering …

Apps to promote physical activity among adults: a review and content analysis

A Middelweerd, JS Mollee, CN van der Wal… - International journal of …, 2014‏ - Springer
Abstract Background In May 2013, the iTunes and Google Play stores contained 23,490 and
17,756 smartphone applications (apps) categorized as Health and Fitness, respectively. The …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges for smartphone applications in supporting health behavior change: qualitative study

L Dennison, L Morrison, G Conway, L Yardley - Journal of medical Internet …, 2013‏ - jmir.org
Background: There is increasing interest from academics and clinicians in harnessing
smartphone applications (apps) as a means of delivering behavioral interventions for health …

[HTML][HTML] Behavior change techniques implemented in electronic lifestyle activity monitors: a systematic content analysis

EJ Lyons, ZH Lewis, BG Mayrsohn… - Journal of medical Internet …, 2014‏ - jmir.org
Background Electronic activity monitors (such as those manufactured by Fitbit, Jawbone,
and Nike) improve on standard pedometers by providing automated feedback and …

Keep using my health apps: Discover users' perception of health and fitness apps with the UTAUT2 model

S Yuan, W Ma, S Kanthawala, W Peng - Telemedicine and e-Health, 2015‏ - liebertpub.com
Background: Health and fitness applications (apps) are one of the major app categories in
the current mobile app market. Few studies have examined this area from the users' …

Behavior change techniques in top-ranked mobile apps for physical activity

DE Conroy, CH Yang, JP Maher - American journal of preventive medicine, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Background Mobile applications (apps) have potential for hel** people increase their
physical activity, but little is known about the behavior change techniques marketed in these …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile health applications for the most prevalent conditions by the World Health Organization: review and analysis

B Martínez-Pérez, I De La Torre-Díez… - Journal of medical …, 2013‏ - jmir.org
Background New possibilities for mHealth have arisen by means of the latest advances in
mobile communications and technologies. With more than 1 billion smartphones and 100 …

Consumer adoption of smartphone fitness apps: an extended UTAUT2 perspective

N Dhiman, N Arora, N Dogra, A Gupta - Journal of Indian Business …, 2020‏ - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of user adoption of
smartphone fitness apps in context of an emerging economy. Design/methodology/approach …

Quantified sex: a critical analysis of sexual and reproductive self-tracking using apps

D Lupton - Culture, health & sexuality, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Digital health technologies are playing an increasingly important role in healthcare, health
education and voluntary self-surveillance, self-quantification and self-care practices. This …