Background: Social exchange processes, such as social support and social control, can promote health behavior change. However, these processes are often neglected when studying health behavior change and designing interventions. Intervening on these social…
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The following is a guest article by Lee Jones, Chief Product Officer at Gozio Health
More than 91% of American adults have a smartphone, and more than half prefer to access their healthcare via a mobile device….
Background: Pregnancy, a vital phase in a woman’s life, entails immense physical, psychological, and emotional alterations that might affect maternal health. Physical activity during pregnancy improves health outcomes; however, adherence to the recommendation is…
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Background: Medication nonadherence is a significant barrier to therapy success. Smartphone apps represent reasonable tools for simple adherence-enhancing interventions. Many adherence apps are available in app stores with diverse content, quality, and outputs. We…
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Sleep disturbances are an underrecognized factor associated with reduced workplace productivity (“presenteeism”). Previous studies have largely relied on self-reported sleep data, limiting their scalability and accuracy. We investigated associations between smartphone-based sleep metrics and…
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What You Should Know:
– Sleep.ai, the company behind the world’s most validated sleep intelligence platform, today announced the launch of Sleep Sense, a groundbreaking technology that turns any smartphone into a seamless, privacy-aware sleep sensor.
– Sleep…
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What You Should Know:
– Headspace has introduced a suite of significant upgrades to Ebb, its empathetic AI companion, headlined by a new Voice Mode that allows members to engage in spoken, natural conversations to…
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Background: Keystroke dynamics on smartphones have emerged as a promising form of passive digital biomarker. While previous studies have explored their utility in several diseases and disorders, relatively few have examined how these dynamics…
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Background: Effective treatments for depression are available, yet many patients do not respond to treatment or experience relapse. Cognitive bias modification aims to ameliorate cognitive biases that contribute to the development and maintenance of…
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Many workforces are exposed to traumatic events which can precipitate the development of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms. This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate if an app-based version of the Skills for…
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