Mobile Health Application for the Prevention of Stroke (MAPS): a pilot, single-arm study on an innovative health application designed for primary stroke prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term changes in healthy behavior are more likely when small improvements are made in daily health habits. Health applications can serve as cost-effective tools to help people adopt healthier lifestyles. In response to this need, we developed the MAPS app - an easy-to-use and innovative mobile health app for the primary prevention of stroke.

Methods

We conducted a prospective, pre-post, single-arm, multicomponent interventional pilot study over 6 months to evaluate the ability of the MAPS app to enhance healthy habits and reduce stroke risk factors among a healthy adult population recruited from an urban employer in Germany. Daily health habits were assessed using questionnaires at the beginning of the study, at 3 months, and at 6 months. We also measured esti

SUBMITTER: Ungerer MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853848 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature