Empowering citizens for well-being and chronic disease management with wellness diary.
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.
Mattila
Elina
E
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere 33101, Finland. elina.m.mattila@vtt.fi
Korhonen
Ilkka
I
Salminen
Jukka H
JH
Ahtinen
Aino
A
Koskinen
Esa
E
Särelä
Antti
A
Pärkkä
Juha
J
Lappalainen
Raimo
R
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D012984:Software; D015431:Weight Loss