Usage and Daily Attrition of a Smartphone-Based Health Behavior Intervention: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although most adolescents have access to smartphones, few of them use mobile health (mHealth) apps for health improvement, highlighting the apparent lack of interest in mHealth apps among adolescents. Adolescent mHealth interventions have been burdened with high attrition rates. Research on these interventions among adolescents has frequently lacked detailed time-related attrition data alongside analysis of attrition reasons through usage.

Objective

The objective was to obtain daily attrition rates among adolescents in an mHealth intervention to gain a deeper understanding of attrition patterns, including the role of motivational support, such as altruistic rewards, through analysis of app usage data.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was conducted with

SUBMITTER: Egilsson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337294 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature