Evaluating mobile phone applications for health behaviour change: A systematic review

FH McKay, C Cheng, A Wright, J Shill… - … of telemedicine and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Increasing smartphones access has allowed for increasing development and
use of smart phone applications (apps). Mobile health interventions have previously relied …

[HTML][HTML] The efficacy of mobile phone apps for lifestyle modification in diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis

X Wu, X Guo, Z Zhang - JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Diabetes and related complications are estimated to cost US $727 billion
worldwide annually. Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes are three …

A review and content analysis of engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and change techniques in the most popular commercial apps for weight …

M Bardus, SB van Beurden, JR Smith… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background There are thousands of apps promoting dietary improvement, increased
physical activity (PA) and weight management. Despite a growing number of reviews in this …

[HTML][HTML] A review of smartphone applications for promoting physical activity

SS Coughlin, M Whitehead, JQ Sheats… - Jacobs journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods In this article, we summarize data on use of smartphone apps for promoting
physical activity based upon bibliographic searches with relevant search terms in PubMed …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphone applications for promoting healthy diet and nutrition: a literature review

SS Coughlin, M Whitehead, JQ Sheats… - Jacobs journal of food …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Rapid developments in technology have encouraged the use of smartphones in
health promotion research and practice. Although many applications (apps) relating to diet …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile apps for weight management: a scoping review

J Rivera, A McPherson, J Hamilton… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2016 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Obesity remains a major public health concern. Mobile apps for weight
loss/management are found to be effective for improving health outcomes in adults and …

Mindfulness for novice pediatric nurses: smartphone application versus traditional intervention

CM Wylde, NE Mahrer, RML Meyer, JI Gold - Journal of pediatric nursing, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The current study compares the effects of a traditionally delivered mindfulness
(TDM) intervention to a smartphone delivered mindfulness (SDM) intervention, Headspace …

Effectiveness and behavioral mechanisms of social media interventions for positive nutrition behaviors in adolescents: a systematic review

MSH Hsu, A Rouf, M Allman-Farinelli - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the effectiveness of social media-based interventions in promoting
positive changes in nutrition behaviors amongst adolescents, and identify the behavior …

The landscape of research on smartphone medical apps: Coherent taxonomy, motivations, open challenges and recommendations

M Hussain, A Al-Haiqi, AA Zaidan, BB Zaidan… - Computer methods and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To survey researchers' efforts in response to the new and disruptive technology of
smartphone medical apps, mapping the research landscape form the literature into a …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of mobile health including wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity outcomes among healthy children and adolescents: systematic review

B Böhm, SD Karwiese, H Böhm… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Children and adolescents do not meet the current recommendations on
physical activity (PA), and as such, the health-related benefits of regular PA are not …