Value of Engagement in Digital Health Technology Research: Evidence Across 6 Unique Cohort Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable digital health technologies and mobile apps (personal digital health technologies [DHTs]) hold great promise for transforming health research and care. However, engagement in personal DHT research is poor.

Objective

The objective of this paper is to describe how participant engagement techniques and different study designs affect participant adherence, retention, and overall engagement in research involving personal DHTs.

Methods

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of engagement factors are reported across 6 unique personal DHT research studies that adopted aspects of a participant-centric design. Study populations included (1) frontline health care workers; (2) a conception, pregnant, and postpartum population; (3) individuals with Crohn disease

SUBMITTER: Goodday SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408887 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature