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Veronica Janssen
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Less stick more carrot? Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity
A randomized controlled trial
Background: Financial incentives are a promising tool to help people increase their physical activity, but they are expensive to provide. Deposit contracts are a type of financial incentive in which participants pledge their own money. However, low uptake is a crucial obstacle to
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Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) tremendously affects patient health and health care globally. Changing lifestyle behaviors can help curb the burden of T2D. However, health behavior change is a complex interplay of medical, behavioral, and psychological factors. Personalized lif
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Designing remote patient and family centred interventions
an exploratory approach
This research explores the dynamic nature of family involvement in remote patient management for cardiovascular disease and its impact on lifestyle behaviour changes. Through an interview study with patients and family members, we categorise family involvement into three types: I
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Human cues in eHealth to promote lifestyle change
An experimental field study to examine adherence to self-help interventions
eHealth lifestyle interventions without human support (self-help interventions) are generally less effective, as they suffer from lower adherence levels. To solve this, we investigated whether (1) using a text-based conversational agent (TCA) and applying human cues contribute to
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Bridging the gap
A guide to developing inclusive eHealth interventions
Background: eHealth interventions have the
potential to enhance health outcomes for people with a low socioeconomic
position (SEP), but lack of knowledge on how to effectively meet the specific
needs of this population can limit their effectiveness and widen the digital
divide. O
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Put your money where your feet are
The real-world effects of StepBet gamified deposit contracts for physical activity
Background: Gamification and deposit contracts (a financial incentive in which participants pledge their own money) can enhance effectiveness of mobile behavior change interventions. However, to assess their potential for improving population health, research should investigate i
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Objective eHealth is a useful tool to deliver lifestyle interventions for patients with cardiometabolic diseases. However, there are inconsistent findings about whether these eHealth interventions should be supported by a human professional, or whether self-help interventions are
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Corrigendum to ‘Put your money where your feet are
The real-world effects of StepBet gamified deposit contracts for physical activity’ [Internet Interv., volume 31, March 2023, 100610] (Internet Interventions (2023) 31, (S2214782923000106), (10.1016/j.invent.2023.100610))
The authors regret that the Standard Deviation (SD) for those who failed their challenge (n = 19,693) was erroneously reported in the Abstract (page 1) and Table 2 of the Results section (page 6) as 3013 steps. The correct Standard Deviation that should have been reported there i
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Background: Cardiovascular disease is one
of the leading causes of disability worldwide. eHealth has the possibility to
improve health outcomes and quality of life adjunct to regular care. “The
Myocardial Infarction Box” (MI Box) is an at home monitoring system using
smartphone-e
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Identifying barriers and facilitators to adopting healthier dietary choices in clinical care
A cross-sectional observational study
Background and aims: Adopting healthier diets can drastically improve societal health. Our environment plays a crucial role in daily dietary choices and hospitals in particular can stimulate patients to adopt healthier eating habits. Unfortunately, no robust clinically applicable
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Promoting health behaviors and preventing chronic diseases through a healthy lifestyle among those with a low socioeconomic status (SES) remain major challenges. eHealth interventions are a promising approach to change unhealthy behaviors in this target group. Objective: This rev
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Background: A promising new approach to support lifestyle changes in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the use of financial incentives. Although financial incentives have proven to be effective, their implementation remains controversial, and ethical objections have b
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Facilitators of and barriers to lifestyle support and ehealth solutions
Interview study among health care professionals working in cardiac care
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a significant health threat and reduce both people's life expectancy and quality of life. Healthy living is a key component in the effective prevention and treatment of CVD. However, health care professionals (HCPs) experience diffi
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A multi-stakeholder approach to eHealth development
Promoting sustained healthy living among cardiovascular patients
Background: Healthy living is key in the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Yet, supporting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is exceptionally difficult and people differ in their needs regarding optimal support for healthy lifestyle interventions. O
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