PerKApp: a General Purpose Persuasion Architecture For Healthy Lifestyles

Publication date: Available online 2 May 2018 Source:Journal of Biomedical Informatics Author(s): Rosa Maimone, Marco Guerini, Mauro Dragoni, Tania Bailoni, Claudio Eccher Automatically monitoring and supporting healthy lifestyle is a recent research trend, fostered by the availability of low-cost monitoring devices, and it can significantly contribute to the prevention of chronic diseases deriving from incorrect diet and lack of physical activity. In this paper, we present a general purpose architecture for persuasion scenarios and behavioral change. The architecture is designed to be easily portable across languages and domains and has been implemented and evaluated in a specific system for Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) called PerKApp. PerKApp provides a fully fledged platform supporting the remote monitoring of workers lifestyle by providing real-time feedback through persuasive context-based messages when necessary. Graphical abstract
Source: Journal of Biomedical Informatics - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research