Game On? Smoking Cessation Through the Gamification of mHealth: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Finding ways to increase and sustain engagement with mHealth interventions has become a challenge during application development. While gamification shows promise and has proven effective in many fields, critical questions remain concerning how to use gamification to modify health behavior.

Objective

The objective of this study is to investigate how the gamification of mHealth interventions leads to a change in health behavior, specifically with respect to smoking cessation.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative longitudinal study using a sample of 16 smokers divided into 2 cohorts (one used a gamified intervention and the other used a nongamified intervention). Each participant underwent 4 semistructured interviews over a period of 5 weeks. Semistructured int

SUBMITTER: El-Hilly AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5099502 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature