Persuasive system design does matter: A systematic review of adherence to web-based interventions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kelders, Saskia M ^a,b   Kok, Robin N ^a,c   Ossebaard, Hans C ^a,b   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia E W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Attrition; Behavior change; Persuasive technology; Systematic review; Web based interventions

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84872457364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2104     Document Type: Review

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