Promoting Engagement With a Digital Health Intervention (HeLP-Diabetes) Using Email and Text Message Prompts: Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Engagement with digital health interventions (DHIs) may be regarded as a prerequisite for the intervention to achieve positive health or behavior change outcomes. One method employed to promote engagement is the use of prompts such as emails and text messages. However, little is known about the characteristics of prompts that promote engagement. This study explored the association between the content and delivery mode of prompts and the users' engagement with HeLP-Diabetes (Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes), a DHI that aimed to promote self-management in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Objective

The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of prompts, specifically the content and delivery mode, which were associated with increased eng

SUBMITTER: Alkhaldi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566257 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature