TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pach, Daniel
AU  - Rogge, Alizé A
AU  - Wang, Jiani
AU  - Witt, Claudia M
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/2/8
TI  - Five Lessons Learned From Randomized Controlled Trials on Mobile Health Interventions: Consensus Procedure on Practical Recommendations for Sustainable Research
JO  - JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
SP  - e20630
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
KW  - mHealth
KW  - mobile apps
KW  - pain
KW  - behavior change techniques (BCTs)
KW  - recommendations
AB  - 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. 
SN  - 2291-5222
UR  - https://mhealth.jmir.org/2021/2/e20630
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/20630
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33555263
DO  - 10.2196/20630
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/20630
ER  -