Background: Smoking cessation applications (Apps) are increasingly being used to assist smokers in quitting. In China, whether behavioral science has been incorporated into smoking cessation Apps remains unknown. Objective: The current study aims to…
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Background: Consumer-grade wearables allow researchers to capture a representative picture of human behavior in the real world over extended periods. However, maintaining users’ engagement remains a challenge and can lead to a decrease in…
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Background: Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Novel interventions are needed to improve smoking cessation rates. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for cessation address tobacco use by…
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Background: Nearly one third of adults in the United States will meet criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in their lifetime, yet fewer than ten percent of individuals who meet for AUD criteria will…
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Background: The rapidly emerging integration of both technological applications and environmental factors in physical activity (PA) interventions among older adults highlights the need for an overarching investigation. Objective: This scoping review compiled the current…
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Background: Wearable technology is used by consumers worldwide for continuous activity monitoring in daily life but more recently also for classifying or predicting mental health parameters like stress or depression levels. Previous studies identified,…
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Background: Chronic heart failure has become a serious threat to the health of the global population. Self-management is the key to treating chronic heart failure, and the emergence of mHealth has provided new ideas…
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Background: Mobile money-based cash transfer interventions are becoming increasingly utilised, especially in humanitarian settings. The South of Madagascar constituted a humanitarian emergency in 2021/2022 when the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and a…
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Background: Even though several mobile applications that can measure blood pressure (BP) have been developed, the data about the accuracy of those applications are limited. Objective: This study assessed the accuracy of AlwaysBP (test)…
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Background: Hypertension is highly prevalent among patients undergoing hemodialysis, with a significant proportion experiencing poorly controlled blood pressure (BP). Digital BP management in this population has been underutilized. Objective: This study aimed to explore…
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