The App Behavior Change Scale: Creation of a Scale to Assess the Potential of Apps to Promote Behavior Change.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Using mobile phone apps to promote behavior change is becoming increasingly common. However, there is no clear way to rate apps against their behavior change potential. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to develop a reliable, theory-based scale that can be used to assess the behavior change potential of smartphone apps. METHODS:A systematic review of all studies purporting to investigate app's behavior change potential was conducted. All scales and measures from the identified studies were collected to create an item pool. From this item pool, 3 health promotion exerts created the App Behavior Change Scale (ABACUS). To test the scale, 70 physical activity apps were rated to provide information on reliability. RESULTS:The systematic review returned 593 papers, the abstracts and titles o

SUBMITTER: McKay FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6367670 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature