Trial reportJournal of occupational health2025
Effectiveness of recommendations in promoting the use of mobile health applications in health guidance: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of occupational health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Evidence-based Specific Health Guidance for Obese Individuals with Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Reduce Weight and Waist Circumference.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesUse of commercially available mobile health (mHealth) applications in supporting lifestyle improvements has become popular in recent years. However, the effectiveness of advice promoting the use of such applications based on individual behavioral goals in a health guidance setting remains unclear. This study explored how guiding participants of the Specific Health Guidance (SHG) program, a Japanese public health initiative to prevent cardiovascular disease, to use commercially available mHealth applications impacted their application usage, lifestyle habits, and cardiovascular risk factors.
methodsIn this multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel-group comparison study, 156 individuals with a history of SHG participation and who were engaged in the Motivational Health Guidance program (a type of SHG) in 2021 were assigned to intervention (n = 76) or control (n = 80) groups. Whereas both groups received standard guidance, the intervention group also received recommendations for mHealth applications based on their individual behavioral goals. The participants' application usage, behavioral changes, and body weight were assessed after 3 months, with health checkup data evaluated after 1 year.
resultsThe proportion of mHealth application users after 3 months was significantly higher in the intervention group (68.4%) than in the control group (40.0%). The intervention group also reported a significantly greater weekly frequency of mHealth application usage. Moreover, the intervention group reported a significantly decreased change in triglyceride levels after 1 year compared with the control group.
conclusionsRecommending commercially available mHealth applications in a health guidance setting significantly increased the number of mHealth application users and their frequency of use.
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