@Article{info:doi/10.2196/20630,
author="Pach, Daniel
and Rogge, Aliz{\'e} A
and Wang, Jiani
and Witt, Claudia M",
title="Five Lessons Learned From Randomized Controlled Trials on Mobile Health Interventions: Consensus Procedure on Practical Recommendations for Sustainable Research",
journal="JMIR Mhealth Uhealth",
year="2021",
month="Feb",
day="8",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="e20630",
keywords="mHealth; mobile apps; pain; behavior change techniques (BCTs); recommendations",
abstract="Background: Clinical research on mobile health (mHealth) interventions is too slow in comparison to the rapid speed of technological advances, thereby impeding sustainable research and evidence-based implementation of mHealth interventions. Objective: We aimed to establish practical lessons from the experience of our working group, which might accelerate the development of future mHealth interventions and their evaluation by randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods: This paper is based on group and expert discussions, and focuses on the researchers' perspectives after four RCTs on mHealth interventions for chronic pain. Results: The following five lessons are presented, which are based on practical application, increase of speed, and sustainability: (1) explore stakeholder opinions, (2) develop the mHealth app and trial simultaneously, (3) minimize complexity, (4) manage necessary resources, and (5) apply behavior change techniques. Conclusions: The five lessons developed may lead toward an agile research environment. Agility might be the key factor in the development and research process of a potentially sustainable and evidence-based mHealth intervention. ",
issn="2291-5222",
doi="10.2196/20630",
url="https://mhealth.jmir.org/2021/2/e20630",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/20630",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33555263"
}