Testing tailored weekly feedback messages for behavioral change of people living with diabetes using a mHealth application

Noor Al-Ansari, Dena Al-Thani, Luis Fernandez Luque, Mohammed El-Rishi

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Abstract

This paper extends the previous work in the field of persuasive technology as it aims to examine the solutions of interest that have been developed based on cultural preferences through applying persuasive strategies on tailored persuasive messages. We attempted to examine its effectiveness in changing users' behaviour from a cultural perspective. This was achieved by applying the principles of social influence on the tailored messages of the mobile health (mHealth) application. A between-group design was adopted in this study, where each group received weekly feedback intervention messages related to monitoring diabetes via the mHealth application. The data were collected through monitoring participants with diabetes type II for 16 weeks. The results indicated that the weekly feedback intervention messages were not suitable for the targeted audience as participants in both groups did not read the messages. However, other results that focused on users' engagement allowed us to understand the users' behaviour and their level of engagement with the mHealth application.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2020 7th IEEE International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, BESC 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728186054
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2020
Event7th IEEE International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, BESC 2020 - Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Duration: 5 Nov 20207 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2020 7th IEEE International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, BESC 2020

Conference

Conference7th IEEE International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, BESC 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBournemouth
Period5/11/207/11/20

Keywords

  • Persuasive technology
  • behavioural change
  • diabetes
  • mHealth
  • persuasive design

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