Mobile Health Apps: Can Behaviour Be Changed?

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dc.contributor.authorGarnett, Ashley
dc.contributor.authorCourtney, Karen L.
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Judy
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T21:07:29Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T21:07:29Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-03-28
dc.description.abstractDespite the proliferation of health-related mobile device applications (apps), the majority of apps are rarely used. Further, there is limited evidence supporting their effectiveness in altering health behaviour outcomes. In an effort to delineate salient components of health behaviour interventions enacted by investigators, the Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy (BCTT) was developed to uniformly describe the methods used in such research. Earlier work by members of our team examined the feasibility of applying the BCTT to functions embedded within health-related respiratory apps. A key finding was that very few of these mobile health apps incorporated strategies aimed at changing behaviour. Instead, most apps were functioning as untethered data storage.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduateen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project was supported by the Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award and grant number R01HS022889 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9177
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectBehaviour changeen_US
dc.subjectM-Healthen_US
dc.subjectHealth Informaticsen_US
dc.subjectMobile Health Applicationsen_US
dc.titleMobile Health Apps: Can Behaviour Be Changed?en_US
dc.typePosteren_US

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