ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Adherence to self-monitoring healthy lifestyle behaviours through mobile phone-based ecological momentary assessments and photographic food records over 6 months in mostly ethnic minority mothers.
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- A Systematic Review of Ecological Momentary Assessment of Diet: Implications and Perspectives for Nutritional Epidemiology.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of holistic mobile health interventions on diet, and physical, and mental health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
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- Validation and reliability test of Chinese language patient-reported impact of symptoms in schizophrenia scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Use of Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment (mEMA) Methodology to Assess Dietary Intake, Food Consumption Behaviours and Context in Young People: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Patient-Generated Health Photos and Videos Across Health and Well-being Contexts: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Preference, Expected Burden, and Willingness to Use Digital and Traditional Methods to Assess Food and Alcohol Intake.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Commercially Available Apps to Support Healthy Family Meals: User Testing of App Utility, Acceptability, and Engagement.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Understanding Time Series Patterns of Weight and Meal History Reports in Mobile Weight Loss Intervention Programs: Data-Driven Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Use of a Smartphone Application Can Improve Assessment of High-Fat Food Consumption in Overweight Individuals.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Time Series Visualizations of Mobile Phone-Based Daily Diary Reports of Stress, Physical Activity, and Diet Quality in Mostly Ethnic Minority Mothers: Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2018Article
- Longitudinal Validity and Reliability of Brief Smartphone Self-Monitoring of Diet, Stress, and Physical Activity in a Diverse Sample of Mothers.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveMobile phones can replace traditional self-monitoring tools through cell phone-based ecological momentary assessment (CEMA) of lifestyle behaviours and camera phone-based images of meals, i.e. photographic food records (PFR). Adherence to mobile self-monitoring needs to be evaluated in real-world treatment settings. Towards this goal, we examine CEMA and PFR adherence to the use of a mobile app designed to help mothers self-monitor lifestyle behaviours and stress. Design/Setting In 2012, forty-two mothers recorded CEMA of diet quality, exercise, sleep, stress and mood four times daily and PFR during meals over 6 months in Los Angeles, California, USA. SUBJECTS: A purposive sample of mothers from mixed ethnicities.
resultsAdherence to recording CEMA at least once daily was higher compared with recording PFR at least once daily over the study period (74 v. 11 %); adherence to both types of reports decreased over time. Participants who recorded PFR for more than a day (n 31) were more likely to be obese v. normal- to overweight and to have higher blood pressure, on average (all P<0·05). Based on random-effects regression, CEMA and PFR adherence was highest during weekdays (both P<0·01). Additionally, PFR adherence was associated with older age (P=0·04). CEMA adherence was highest in the morning (P<0·01). PFR recordings occurred throughout the day.
conclusionsVariations in population and temporal characteristics should be considered for mobile assessment schedules. Neither CEMA nor PFR alone is ideal over extended periods.
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