Using Behavior Change Techniques to Guide Selections of Mobile Applications to Promote Fluid Consumption.
Objective: To determine the extent to which validated techniques for behavior change have been infused in commercially available fluid consumption applications (apps).Materials and Methods: Coders evaluated behavior change techniques represented in online descriptions for 50 fluid consumption apps a...
| Publicado en: | Urology Vol. 99; no. 1; pp. 33 - 38 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jan2017
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