mHealth to support healthy lifestyle in early stroke prevention

ConclusionsmHealth apps can offer support in incorporating health promoting behaviours and everyday routines as part of lifestyle-based stroke prevention. Increased personalization and tailoring was however important for user satisfaction.Key messagesmHealth apps can promote increased awareness of current activity patterns, keep track of lifestyle habits and risk factors and serve as nudging to incorporate healthy everyday routines.Personal relevance and literacy levels are important to consider in stroke prevention mHealth apps to promote motivation to behaviour change and use of mHealth apps.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research