JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines recommend early postoperative mobilization to reduce complications, but adherence is often suboptimal, highlighting the need for effective tools to monitor and encourage movement. The Mindray ePM/ep pod, capable of tracking activity, vital signs, sleep, and pain, offers high-precision postoperative monitoring and is well-suited for research on activity feedback.

Mobile apps are being increasingly used to foster healthy lifestyles. There is a growing need for clear, standardized guidelines to help users select safe and effective health apps.

Adolescents from underserved communities, particularly Black/African American and Hispanic youth, engage in lower levels of physical activity (PA), increasing their risk for chronic disease. Conventional interventions often face barriers such as limited access to safe environments. Wearable mobile health (mHealth) technologies offer scalable and context-sensitive solutions; however, predictors of sustained adherence in school-based settings among high-risk populations remain underexplored.

The global integration of telehealth into the management of Parkinson disease (PD) addresses critical gaps in health care access, especially for patients with limited mobility in underserved regions. Despite accelerated adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence regarding telehealth’s multidimensional efficacy remains inconsistent. Previous meta-analyses reported conflicting outcomes for quality of life (QOL), motor symptoms, and neuropsychiatric comorbidities.

Current methods of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) assessment may discriminate against frail individuals who are challenged to perform a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test. CRF estimations from free-living wearable data, captured over extended time periods, may offer a more representative assessment and increase usability in clinical settings.

Social exchange processes, such as social support and social control, can promote health behavior change. However, these processes are often neglected when studying health behavior change and designing interventions. Intervening on these social exchange processes using dyadic interventions may provide a promising approach to promote health behaviors.

Psychological stress during pregnancy is common and has been associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Digital health interventions (DHIs) have emerged as a scalable approach to support stress management during pregnancy, yet evidence remains fragmented, and prior reviews have largely focused on broad perinatal mental health outcomes or delivery platforms rather than stress-specific effects and targeted intervention components.

Intermittent fasting emerges as a promising dietary approach against obesity, offering a cost-effective strategy for implementation via web-based platforms. We developed a Brief Online Intermittent Fasting Program (OIF), featuring a self-administered, weekly 1-day fasting regimen with replacement meals delivery, online guidance, and app messaging to support adherence.

Telehealth can improve access to care for people living with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), but information on its acceptance is limited in Switzerland.

Digitalization and mobile health (mHealth) technologies hold promise for improving home care delivery. However, many mHealth initiatives fail to achieve their goals. Understanding the reasons behind these failures is critical for informing successful implementation of mHealth in primary and home care settings.

Approximately one-third of university students are overweight or obese, and a similar proportion experience anxiety or depression. Despite the interrelated nature of weight and mental health, interventions rarely address these issues simultaneously in young adults. Digital peer support interventions have the potential to promote healthy lifestyles and mental well-being. However, evidence is limited on whether a digital peer-driven approach can concurrently improve weight management and mental health in pre-obese university populations.

Metamemory training (MMT) offers a potential nonpharmacological approach to enhance cognitive function in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). While digital cognitive training improves accessibility, the effectiveness of mobile app–based MMT has not been evaluated in a randomized clinical trial.