Conversational agents (CAs) for chronic disease management are receiving increasing attention in academia and industry. However, long-term adherence to CAs is still a challenge and to be [...]

Main goals: Hypoglycemia is among the most relevant acute complications of diabetes mellitus. It affects the neurocognitive and psychomotor function and has consistently been shown to be [...]

Today, there is a massive amount of digital health interventions available. For example, more than 300,000 so-called "health apps" can be found in Google's Play Store and [...]

Digital technology provides an unparalleled opportunity to collect data in individuals’ everyday lives. This includes information derived from passive mobile sensing (e.g., activity, screen lock events, light [...]

Physiotherapy is a widespread and efficient method for the rehabilitation of various health problems, such as chronic diseases, injuries, and age-related health issues. In addition to face-to-face [...]

Anxiety disorders, such as phobia, panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, are the most common class of mental disorders present in the general population. They are hugely [...]

Youth substance use (SU) is a major public health concern in the U.S. given its association with morbidity and mortality outcomes as well as a range of [...]

There is overwhelming evidence that adding financial incentives to existing interventions for health behaviour change improves their efficacy. However, there are still questions regarding the sustainability of the [...]

Almost everyone has experienced pain before. Pain is an individual and subjective experience. Usually, the pain can be treated successfully. However, if pain episodes last longer than three [...]

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and hospitalization both worldwide and in Switzerland. The direct and indirect socio-economic consequences are of great relevance. According to [...]

The digital diet coaches of this project aim to provide fully-automated interventions to improve food literacy and support health-promoting dietary behaviors. Results of menuCH, the [...]

Diabetes mellitus Type II is a common chronic disease. To manage blood glucose levels patients need to follow medical recommendations for healthy eating, physical activity, and [...]

Recent advancements in mobile sensing technologies have led to novel intervention concepts, including just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI). The JITAI concept shows great potential because it aims to provide [...]

Health literacy is a crucial ingredient of successful asthma self-management. Studies have shown that a lack of asthma health literacy leads to lower levels of asthma control [...]

Background: Smartphones enable the implementation of just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) that tailor the delivery of health interventions over time to user-varying and time-varying context characteristics. Ideally, JITAIs [...]

Substance use is one of the biggest contributors to the health burden in 10-24-year olds. School-based life-skills trainings were effective in delaying or preventing problematic substance [...]

Research has shown that personality traits are changeable over longer time periods, and that changes may bring about positive life outcomes such as greater success [...]

Nocturnal cough is a burdensome asthma symptom. However, knowledge about the prevalence of nocturnal cough in asthma is limited. Furthermore, prior research has shown that [...]

The goal of the research project PathMate2 is to help support obese children, their parents and their physicians with modern technology in creating a healthier lifestyle. [...]

The Corporate Health Teamcoach (short «CH-Teamcoach») is an e-Coach for leaders and their teams to improve working conditions and team climate. The e-Coach guides team leaders [...]