Background Human-centered design (HCD) approaches to health care strive to support the
development of innovative, effective, and person-centered solutions for health care …

Since the beginning of time people explored and developed new technologies to make their
activities of daily living less labour intense, more efficient and, consequently, more …

Research in psychology has shown that both motivation and wellbeing are contingent on the
satisfaction of certain psychological needs. Yet, despite a long-standing pursuit in human …

Wearable activity trackers (WAT) are electronic monitoring devices that enable users to track
and monitor their health-related physical fitness metrics including steps taken, level of …

Physical activity is closely linked with health and well-being; however, many Americans do
not engage in regular exercise. Older adults and those with low socioeconomic status are …

With an increasing inflow and outflow of users from social media, understanding the factors
the drive their adoption becomes even more pressing. This paper reports on a study with …

Wearable activity trackers hold great potential for facilitating self-regulated health behavior,
thereby improving physical fitness and preventing cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately …

Background: Wearable activity trackers offer the opportunity to increase physical activity
through continuous monitoring. Viewing tracker use as a beneficial health behavior, we …

Wearable fitness trackers have gained a new level of popularity due to their ambient data
gathering and analysis. This has signalled a trend toward self-efficacy and increased …

Many app firms have adopted gamification, aiming at making consumers more engaging
and loyal. Given the ambivalent evidence on the effectiveness of gamification, this study …