Can Mobile Phone Apps Influence People's Health Behavior Change? An Evidence Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, mobile phones have achieved wide reach at an unprecedented rate, and mobile phone apps have become increasingly prevalent among users. The number of health-related apps that were published on the two leading platforms (iOS and Android) reached more than 100,000 in 2014. However, there is a lack of synthesized evidence regarding the effectiveness of mobile phone apps in changing people's health-related behaviors.

Objective

The aim was to examine the effectiveness of mobile phone apps in achieving health-related behavior change in a broader range of interventions and the quality of the reported studies.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive bibliographic search of articles on health behavior change using mobile phone apps in peer-reviewed journals pu

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5295827 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature