Habit Strength, Medication Adherence, and Habit-Based Mobile Health Interventions Across Chronic Medical Conditions: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unintentional medication nonadherence is common and has been associated with poor health outcomes and increased health care costs. Earlier research demonstrated a relationship between habit strength and medication adherence. Previous research also examined a habit's direct effect on adherence and how habit interacts with more conscious factors to influence or overrule them. However, the relationship between habit and adherence and the role of habit-based mobile health (mHealth) interventions remain unclear.

Objective

This review aimed to systematically evaluate the most recent evidence for habit strength, medication adherence, and habit-based mHealth interventions across chronic medical conditions.

Methods

A keyword search with combinations of the terms hab

SUBMITTER: Badawy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature