A Library of Analytic Indicators to Evaluate Effective Engagement with Consumer mHealth Apps for Chronic Conditions: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is mixed evidence to support current ambitions for mobile health (mHealth) apps to improve chronic health and well-being. One proposed explanation for this variable effect is that users do not engage with apps as intended. The application of analytics, defined as the use of data to generate new insights, is an emerging approach to study and interpret engagement with mHealth interventions.

Objective

This study aimed to consolidate how analytic indicators of engagement have previously been applied across clinical and technological contexts, to inform how they might be optimally applied in future evaluations.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review to catalog the range of analytic indicators being used in evaluations of consumer mHealth apps for chronic co

SUBMITTER: Pham Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6356188 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature