SynthesisHealth psychology review2022
Understanding health behaviours in context: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies of five key health behaviours.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Feasibility and Effectiveness of Portable/Remote Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Biofeedback Training in Treating Stress and Mental Health Difficulties: A Systematic Review.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Pooled it
- Daily Life Studies on Dynamic Within-person Fluctuations of Self-efficacy in the Physical Activity Context: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Examining the use of experience sampling methods in sport psychology research: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Readdressing the Ongoing Challenge of Missing Data in Youth Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies: Meta-Analysis Update.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Within-person associations between psychological and contextual factors and lapse incidence in smokers attempting to quit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Pooled it
- The same, only different: Smartphone-based dietary Ecological Momentary Assessment tools vary in complexity, usability and active information processing.British journal of health psychology · 2026Trial
- Enhancing group lifestyle intervention for depression with ecological momentary assessment: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Trial Participants' Perceptions of the Impact of Ecological Momentary Assessment on Smoking Behaviors: Qualitative Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Evaluating the Effects of Rewards and Schedule Length on Response Rates to Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys: Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Daily Activities in Individuals With Neurological Disorders: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Review
- Behavioral and Contextual Patterns Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessment and Wearable Sensors and Their Associations With Health-Related Outcomes: WEALTH Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Sensor-Based Mobile App for Assessment and Tracking (SMAAT): Cross-Sectional Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
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- The association of daily urinary and bowel incontinence with emotional functioning in young adults with spina bifida: an ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Positive associations between day-level physical activity and healthy eating in participants of a health promotion course: an exploratory study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Tracking daily activities with ecological momentary assessment: A bibliometric analysis of current use in health Mapping daily activities with ecological momentary assessment.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Analysis of Participant-Level Characteristics Predicting Adherence to Long-Term EMA and Fitbit Monitoring in the 4HAIE Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- MOVE@NUS digital intervention cohort: protocol of a pilot study to promote healthy movement in university students.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2026Article
- Protocol for a multicenter observational study on fatigue across physical-mental conditions within the German center for mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) involves repeated, real-time sampling of health behaviours in context. We present the state-of-knowledge in EMA research focused on five key health behaviours (physical activity and sedentary behaviour, dietary behaviour, alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, sexual health), summarising theoretical (e.g., psychological and contextual predictors) and methodological aspects (e.g., study characteristics, EMA adherence). We searched Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and Web of Science until February 2021. We included studies focused on any of the aforementioned health behaviours in adult, non-clinical populations that assessed ≥1 psychological/contextual predictor and reported a predictor-behaviour association. A narrative synthesis and random-effects meta-analyses of EMA adherence were conducted. We included 633 studies. The median study duration was 14 days. The most frequently assessed predictors were 'negative feeling states' (21%) and 'motivation and goals' (16.5%). The pooled percentage of EMA adherence was high at 81.4% (95% CI = 80.0%, 82.8%,
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