title: Persuasive technology for health and wellness: State-of-the-art and emerging trends.
abstract: The evolving field of persuasive and behavior change technology is increasingly targeted at influencing behavior in the area of health and wellness. This paper provides an empirical review of 16 years (85 papers) of literature on persuasive technology for health and wellness to: (1.) answer important questions regarding the effectiveness of persuasive technology for health and wellness, (2.) summarize and highlight trends in the technology design, research methods, motivational strategies, theories, and health behaviors targeted by research to date, (3.) uncover pitfalls of existing persuasive technological interventions for health and wellness, and (4.) suggest directions for future research.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Canada.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orji
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Canada.
authors.forename: Karyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moffatt
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory
keywords: behavior change systems; behavior theories; gamification; health and wellness; health interventions; health technology; healthy behavior; motivational strategies; persuasive strategies; persuasive technology