The power of mobile notifications to increase wellbeing logging behavior

by | Apr 27, 2013 | Research Publications

Author(s):

  • Frank Bentley
  • Konrad Tollmar

Abstract:

Self-logging is a critical component to many wellbeing systems. However, self-logging often is difficult to sustain at regular intervals over many weeks. We demonstrate the power of passive mobile notifications to increase logging of wellbeing data, particularly food intake, in a mobile health service. Adding notifications increased the frequency of logging from 12% in a one-month, ten-user pilot study without reminders to 63% in the full 60-user study with reminders included. We will discuss the benefits of passive notifications over existing interruptive methods.

Documentation:

https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466140

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