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Choosing between responsive-design websites versus mobile apps for your mobile behavioral intervention: presenting four case studies

Journal

TRANSLATIONAL BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages -

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-016-0448-y

Keywords

mHealth; Interventions; Mobile apps; Websites; Study design; Health behavior

Funding

  1. South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute with an academic home at the Medical University of South Carolina CTSA NIH/NCATS grant [UL1TR000062]
  2. University of South Carolina Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-II grant
  3. NIH grant [1R01GM081793, P20 RR-016461]
  4. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [R44DK103377]
  5. University of South Carolina's
  6. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes [1R01HL112787]

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Both mobile apps and responsive-design websites (web apps) can be used to deliver mobile health (mHealth) interventions, but it can be difficult to discern which to use in research. The goal of this paper is to present four case studies from behavioral interventions that developed either a mobile app or a web app for research and present an information table to help researchers determine which mobile option would work best for them. Four behavioral intervention case studies (two developed a mobile app, and two developed a web app) presented include time, cost, and expertise. Considerations for adopting a mobile app or a web app-such as time, cost, access to programmers, data collection, security needs, and intervention components-are presented. Future studies will likely integrate both mobile app and web app modalities. The considerations presented here can help guide researchers on which platforms to choose prior to starting an mHealth intervention.

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