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![Mobile App Intervention to Reduce Substance Use, Gambling, and Digital Media Use in Vocational School Students: Exploratory Analysis of the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/6dba577d1cc6353001426c9a4351eecf.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/6dba577d1cc6353001426c9a4351eecf.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/6dba577d1cc6353001426c9a4351eecf.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/6dba577d1cc6353001426c9a4351eecf.png 2500w)
During adolescence, substance use and digital media exposure usually peak and can become major health risks. Prevention activities are mainly implemented in the regular school setting, and youth outside this system are not reached. A mobile app (“Meine Zeit ohne”) has been developed specifically for vocational students and encourages participants to voluntarily reduce or abstain from a self-chosen addictive behavior including the use of a substance, gambling, or a media-related habit such as gaming or social media use for 2 weeks. Results from a randomized study indicate a significant impact on health-promoting behavior change after using the app. This exploratory study focuses on the intervention arm of this study, focusing on acceptance and differential effectiveness.
![Conversational Chatbot for Cigarette Smoking Cessation: Results From the 11-Step User-Centered Design Development Process and Randomized Controlled Trial Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/17429bb0ad87abebd5ddb6091971df98.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/17429bb0ad87abebd5ddb6091971df98.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/17429bb0ad87abebd5ddb6091971df98.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/17429bb0ad87abebd5ddb6091971df98.png 2500w)
![Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Social Media–Based Peer-Group Mobile Messaging Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Chinese Immigrants who Smoke: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/02ddd54773ace37e547e5a790059e8af.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/02ddd54773ace37e547e5a790059e8af.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/02ddd54773ace37e547e5a790059e8af.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/02ddd54773ace37e547e5a790059e8af.png 2500w)
Chinese immigrants experience significant disparities in tobacco use. Culturally adapted tobacco treatments targeting this population are sparse and the use is low. The low use of these treatment programs is attributed to their exclusive focus on individuals who are ready to quit and the wide range of barriers that Chinese immigrants face to access these programs. To support Chinese immigrant smokers at all levels of readiness to quit and address their access barriers, we developed the WeChat Quit Coach, a culturally and linguistically appropriate WeChat (Tencent Holdings Limited)–based peer group mobile messaging smoking cessation intervention.
![Identifying Weekly Trajectories of Pain Severity Using Daily Data From an mHealth Study: Cluster Analysis Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/0d462eecc8a30aac1b3d59b3221cbeea.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/0d462eecc8a30aac1b3d59b3221cbeea.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/0d462eecc8a30aac1b3d59b3221cbeea.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/0d462eecc8a30aac1b3d59b3221cbeea.png 2500w)
People with chronic pain experience variability in their trajectories of pain severity. Previous studies have explored pain trajectories by clustering sparse data; however, to understand daily pain variability, there is a need to identify clusters of weekly trajectories using daily pain data. Between-week variability can be explored by quantifying the week-to-week movement between these clusters. We propose that future work can use clusters of pain severity in a forecasting model for short-term (eg, daily fluctuations) and longer-term (eg, weekly patterns) variability. Specifically, future work can use clusters of weekly trajectories to predict between-cluster movement and within-cluster variability in pain severity.
![The Impact of User Engagement With Exposure Components on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in an mHealth Mobile App: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/427871d80f16a61f20fb8c92a79875fb.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/427871d80f16a61f20fb8c92a79875fb.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/427871d80f16a61f20fb8c92a79875fb.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/427871d80f16a61f20fb8c92a79875fb.png 2500w)
Mobile mental health apps (mHealth apps) are a cost-effective option for managing mental health problems, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The efficacy of mHealth apps depends on engagement with the app, but few studies have examined how users engage with different features of mHealth apps for PTSD.
![Wearable Data From Subjects Playing Super Mario, Taking University Exams, or Performing Physical Exercise Help Detect Acute Mood Disorder Episodes via Self-Supervised Learning: Prospective, Exploratory, Observational Study Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/9f97f35b092e2b463a61e078ce566c10.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/9f97f35b092e2b463a61e078ce566c10.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/9f97f35b092e2b463a61e078ce566c10.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/9f97f35b092e2b463a61e078ce566c10.png 2500w)
Personal sensing, leveraging data passively and near-continuously collected with wearables from patients in their ecological environment, is a promising paradigm to monitor mood disorders (MDs), a major determinant of the worldwide disease burden. However, collecting and annotating wearable data is resource intensive. Studies of this kind can thus typically afford to recruit only a few dozen patients. This constitutes one of the major obstacles to applying modern supervised machine learning techniques to MD detection.
Patient engagement with remote blood pressure monitoring during pregnancy is critical to optimize the associated benefits of blood pressure control and early detection. In our study population of pregnant people, we found that “connected” blood pressure cuffs, which automatically sync measures to a monitoring platform or health record, increase engagement (2.13 [95% CI: 1.36-3.35] times more measures per day) with remote blood pressure monitoring when compared to “unconnected” cuffs that require manual entry of measures.
![Deconstructing Fitbit to Specify the Effective Features in Promoting Physical Activity Among Inactive Adults: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/8883d7be8e98918426d35099e8256bfc.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/8883d7be8e98918426d35099e8256bfc.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/8883d7be8e98918426d35099e8256bfc.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/8883d7be8e98918426d35099e8256bfc.png 2500w)
Wearable activity trackers have become key players in mobile health practice as they offer various behavior change techniques (BCTs) to help improve physical activity (PA). Typically, multiple BCTs are implemented simultaneously in a device, making it difficult to identify which BCTs specifically improve PA.
![Technology-Based Music Interventions to Reduce Anxiety and Pain Among Patients Undergoing Surgery or Procedures: Systematic Review of the Literature Article Thumbnail](https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/c86a0bf25e55cd1e2f6c163b465785cd.png 480w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/c86a0bf25e55cd1e2f6c163b465785cd.png 960w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/c86a0bf25e55cd1e2f6c163b465785cd.png 1920w,https://asset.jmir.pub/assets/c86a0bf25e55cd1e2f6c163b465785cd.png 2500w)
Hospitalized patients undergoing surgery or procedures may experience negative symptoms. Music is a nonpharmacological complementary approach and is used as an intervention to reduce anxiety, stress, and pain in these patients. Recently, music has been used conveniently in clinical situations with technology devices, and the mode of providing music is an important factor in technology-based music interventions. However, many reviews have focused only on the effectiveness of music interventions.
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