Sleep mHealth Applications and Behavior Change Techniques Evaluation.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Behavioral Sleep Medicine Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Epub Date: 2023-01-10 DOI:10.1080/15402002.2022.2161548

Brittany D Lancaster, Rachel Sweenie, Amy E Noser, Caroline M Roberts, Rachelle R Ramsey

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Abstract

Objectives: Mobile health apps may be an effective way to increase sleep management skills. Although little has been documented about the content and quality of available sleep management apps, providers often make app recommendations to help with sleep self-management. The objective of this study was to systematically evaluate the content and quality of commercially available sleep apps.

Methods: Following a systematic search of the Apple App and Google Play stores, 56 sleep management apps were evaluated. App content was evaluated using the taxonomy of behavior change techniques (BCTs), and app quality was assessed using the Mobile App Rating Scale.

Results: Sleep management apps included 0-15 BCTs (M = 6.89) and 0-9 sleep BCTs (M = 4.87). App quality ranged from 2.51 to 4.80 (M = 3.78) out of 5.00. Sleepiest Sleep Sounds Stories, ShutEye: Sleep Tracker, and Mintal Tracker: Sleep Recorder included the highest number of sleep BCTs and highest quality scores.

Conclusions: While the content and quality of sleep management apps is variable, the findings are promising as many apps included a high number of BCTs and high quality. Although evidence of efficacy through randomized controlled trials is necessary to establish efficacy, this review can aid in app selection in the interim.

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睡眠mHealth应用和行为改变技术评估。

目标：移动健康应用程序可能是提高睡眠管理技能的有效方法。尽管关于可用睡眠管理应用程序的内容和质量的文献很少，但提供商通常会提出应用程序建议，以帮助睡眠自我管理。这项研究的目的是系统地评估商用睡眠应用程序的内容和质量。方法：通过对苹果应用程序和谷歌Play商店的系统搜索，对56款睡眠管理应用程序进行了评估。应用程序内容使用行为改变技术分类法（BCT）进行评估，应用程序质量使用移动应用程序评分量表进行评估。结果：睡眠管理应用程序包括0-15个BCT（M=6.89）和0-9个睡眠BCT（M=4.87）。应用程序质量从2.51到4.80（M=3.78）不等（满分5.00）。Sleepiest Sleep Sounds Stories、ShutEye：睡眠跟踪器和Mintal Tracker：睡眠记录器包含最高数量的睡眠BCT和最高质量分数。结论：虽然睡眠管理应用程序的内容和质量各不相同，但研究结果很有希望，因为许多应用程序都包含大量BCT和高质量。尽管通过随机对照试验证明疗效对于确定疗效是必要的，但这篇综述可以帮助在此期间进行应用内选择。

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Behavioral Sleep Medicine CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-PSYCHIATRY

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7.20

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3.20%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Behavioral Sleep Medicine addresses behavioral dimensions of normal and abnormal sleep mechanisms and the prevention, assessment, and treatment of sleep disorders and associated behavioral and emotional problems. Standards for interventions acceptable to this journal are guided by established principles of behavior change. Intending to serve as the intellectual home for the application of behavioral/cognitive science to the study of normal and disordered sleep, the journal paints a broad stroke across the behavioral sleep medicine landscape. Its content includes scholarly investigation of such areas as normal sleep experience, insomnia, the relation of daytime functioning to sleep, parasomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, treatment adherence, pediatrics, and geriatrics. Multidisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome. The journal’ domain encompasses human basic, applied, and clinical outcome research. Behavioral Sleep Medicine also embraces methodological diversity, spanning innovative case studies, quasi-experimentation, randomized trials, epidemiology, and critical reviews.