mHealth

Increasing physical activity is important for reducing the risk of developing dementia. The Vitality Wellness Program (Vitality), an mHealth app designed to increase physical activity through rewards, has been shown to increase users’ average step counts; however, its impact on health-related outcomes remains unclear. This study investigated the effects of a 12-week Vitality ...

Background and Objective: Cancer pain, a common and debilitating symptom among patients with advanced malignancies, often necessitates sustained, individualized management that extends beyond the clinic. Home-based management is therefore a natural setting for continuous assessment and timely intervention. Traditional home-based pain management approaches ser...

Background: Seasonal variations in physical and mental functioning among older adults have been widely reported; however, whether frailty risk exhibits season-specific patterns and associations with health-related outcomes remains unclear. This exploratory study aimed to examine season-specific associations between electricity-based frailty risk and health-re...

Background: Social media, a strategy that embeds transformative technology and targeted messaging, is promising for optimizing recruitment in the clinical research enterprise. This study aimed to evaluate recruitment rates and outcomes of Facebook advertisements, a social media-based platform, and explored targeted recruitment messaging among a key population...