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Empowering citizens for well-being and chronic disease management with wellness diary.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20007055     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Chronic conditions closely related to lifestyles are the major cause of disability and death in the developed world. Behavior change is the key to managing well-being and preventing and managing chronic diseases. Wellness diary (WD) is a mobile application designed to support citizens in learning about their behavior, and both making and maintaining behavior changes. WD has been found acceptable, useful, and suitable for long-term use as a part of an intervention. When used independently, however, it does not seem to have enough engaging and motivating features to support adoption and long-term commitment. The main improvement needs identified based on a review of WD-related studies were: personalization of the application to individual needs, increasing motivation during early use, maintaining motivation, and aiding in relapse recovery in long-term use. We present concepts to improve the personalization of WD as well as improvements to the feedback and interpretation of the self-observation data. We also present usage models on how this type of mobile application could be utilized.
Authors:
Elina Mattila; Ilkka Korhonen; Jukka H Salminen; Aino Ahtinen; Esa Koskinen; Antti Särelä; Juha Pärkkä; Raimo Lappalainen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-12-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1558-0032     ISO Abbreviation:  IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-27     Completed Date:  2010-10-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9712259     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  456-63     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere 33101, Finland. elina.m.mattila@vtt.fi
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Behavior Therapy / methods
Cognitive Therapy / methods*
Disease Management
Humans
Medical Informatics Applications*
Medical Records*
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Rehabilitation
Self Care* / methods,  psychology
Software
Weight Loss

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