Background: With a growing focus on patient interaction with health management, mobile
apps are increasingly used to deliver behavioral health interventions. The large variation in …

Objective To determine the effectiveness of physical activity interventions involving mobile
applications (apps) or trackers with automated and continuous self-monitoring and …

The desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle is growing amongst consumers globally as well as
the adoption of health apps. Prior research investigates what affects adoption of a health …

Background Worldwide physical activity levels of adults are declining, which is associated
with increased chronic disease risk. Wearables and smartphone applications offer new …

Mobile health apps aimed towards patients are an emerging field of mHealth. Their potential
for improving self-management of chronic conditions is significant. Here, we propose a …

Background Health and fitness applications (apps) have gained popularity in interventions
to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours but their efficacy is unclear. This …

Digital behaviour change interventions, particularly those using pervasive computing
technology, hold great promise in supporting users to change their behaviour. However …

Background Step-count monitors (pedometers, body-worn trackers and smartphone
applications) can increase walking, hel** to tackle physical inactivity. We aimed to assess …

Objective To estimate the effectiveness of physical activity monitor (PAM) based
interventions among adults and explore reasons for the heterogeneity. Design Systematic …

Background: Several reviews of mobile health (mHealth) physical activity (PA) interventions
suggest their beneficial effects on behavior change in adolescents and adults. Owing to the …