SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Mobile App-Based Health Promotion Programs: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04502004 (Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 116 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients: Efficacy of an Intensive Intervention Program Using an App
Who cites it
116 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 252 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness and Feasibility of Interventions for Weight Management of Young Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Mobile Apps to Improve Health Parameters in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Pooled it
- Empowering Health Through Digital Lifelong Prevention: An Umbrella Review of Apps and Wearables for Nutritional Management.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Physical Exercise Programs Based on Mobile Health and Ecological Momentary Assessment on the Physical and Mental Health, Cognitive Functions, and Social Environment of Adults in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Adherence to vitamin D supplementation guidelines in children under five years of age: a systematic literature review.European journal of nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Assessing the Pragmatic Nature of Mobile Health Interventions Promoting Physical Activity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- Usage of Mobile Applications or Mobile Health Technology to Improve Diet Quality in Adults.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Mobile Health Applications to Improve Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Physically Inactive Individuals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Educational interventions for physical activity among Brazilian adults: systematic review.Revista de saude publica · 2021Pooled it
- The multi-faceted usage patterns of nutrition apps: a survey on the appropriation of nutrition apps among German-speaking users of MyFitnessPal.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Pooled it
- From screen to screening: a randomized controlled trial on mHealth vs. traditional training on knowledge, attitudes, practice, self-efficacy, and adherence intention to pap smear.BMC women's health · 2025Trial
- Mobile App Intervention to Reduce Substance Use, Gambling, and Digital Media Use in Vocational School Students: Exploratory Analysis of the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Stroke Riskometer Application (SRA™) influence on lifestyle changes of home bound familial Malaysian stroke caregivers: a randomised controlled trial in a primary care based longer term stroke care facility.BMC primary care · 2023Trial
- Effect of home-based online training and activity feedback on oxygen uptake in patients after surgical cancer therapy: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2023Trial
- The Impact of a Mobile Support Group on Distress and Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors: Randomized, Parallel-Group, Open-Label, Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Clinical Outcomes Among Working Adults Using the Health Integrator Smartphone App: Analyses of Prespecified Secondary Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Using online social networks to provide a parental health-education intervention for preventing unintentional injuries among children aged 0-3 years: A randomized controlled trial and social network analysis in Shanghai, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- NoFumo+: A Clinical Trial of an mHealth for Smoking Cessation with Hospitalized Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Feasibility and Effectiveness of Assessing Subhealth Using a Mobile Health Management App (MibyeongBogam) in Early Middle-Aged Koreans: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study investigated the features and usefulness of mobile app-based health promotion programs for the general population. A comprehensive bibliographic search of studies on health promotion programs using mobile apps in peer-reviewed journals published in English up to November 2017 was performed using the PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL databases. The inclusion criteria were (1) randomized control trial designs; (2) assessed mobile app-based interventions to promote adult health conditions; 12 studies were ultimately included. The most common topics were diet and physical activity (
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