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Wearables and MHealth Reviews (289) mHealth for Treatment Adherence (440) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3126) mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1596) Games and Gamification for Health (716) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (755)

Published on in Vol 10, No 2 (2022): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/30671, first published .
The Use of Gamification and Incentives in Mobile Health Apps to Improve Medication Adherence: Scoping Review

The Use of Gamification and Incentives in Mobile Health Apps to Improve Medication Adherence: Scoping Review

The Use of Gamification and Incentives in Mobile Health Apps to Improve Medication Adherence: Scoping Review

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Steven Tran1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorraine Smith1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sarira El-Den1 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephen Carter1 Author Orcid Image
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