Assessment of Real-World Use of Behavioral Health Mobile Applications by a Novel Stickiness Metric

Andrew D Carlo; Reza Hosseini Ghomi; Brenna N Renn; Michael A Strong; Patricia A Areán

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11978

Assessment of Real-World Use of Behavioral Health Mobile Applications by a Novel Stickiness Metric

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2011978. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11978.

Authors

Andrew D Carlo¹, Reza Hosseini Ghomi², Brenna N Renn¹, Michael A Strong³, Patricia A Areán¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
² Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
³ Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses a novel “stickiness” measure to evaluate which mobile applications for smoking cessation, meditation, and other behavioral health areas are associated with long-term engagement.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Behavior Therapy* / methods
Behavior Therapy* / statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health Promotion* / methods
Health Promotion* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Mobile Applications / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Telemedicine

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding