How to Prevent the Drop-Out: Understanding Why Adults Participate in Summative eHealth Evaluations.

The aim of this study was to investigate why adults participate in summative eHealth evaluations, and whether their reasons for participating affect their (non-)use of eHealth. A questionnaire was distributed among adults (aged ≥ 18 years) who participated in a summative eHealth evaluation. This questionnaire focused on participants' reason to enroll, their expectations, and on whether the study met their expectations.

Game not over: Explaining older adults' use and intention to continue using a gamified eHealth service.

Background: Gamification within eHealth services can increase eHealth adoption. However, little is known about factors affecting adoption of gamified eHealth among older adults. In this study, we sought to explain the (continued) use of a gamified eHealth service among older adults (55+).

The First Introduction of Social Robotics in Rehabilitation Care.

Can you imagine to receive treatment through a robot? When talking about the future of healthcare, this is the vision many people have. Currently, the predominant role of social robots in care is entertaining patients. However, this does not have an impact on care process itself.

Automatic topic selection for long-term interaction with embodied conversational agents in health coaching: A micro-randomized trial.

Introduction: Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) can be included in health coaching applications as virtual coaches. The engagement with these virtual coaches could be improved by presenting users with tailored coaching dialogues. In this article, we investigate if the suggestion of an automatically tailored topic by an ECA leads to higher engagement by the user and thus longer sessions of interaction.

Evaluation of a virtual coaching system eHealth intervention: A mixed methods observational cohort study in the Netherlands.

Background: With the rise in human life expectancy, the prevalence of chronic disease has increased significantly. Adopting a healthy lifestyle can decrease the risk of chronic disease. Virtual coaching systems can help older adults adopt a healthy lifestyle.

Predictors to Use Mobile Apps for Monitoring COVID-19 Symptoms and Contact Tracing: Survey Among Dutch Citizens.

Background: eHealth apps have been recognized as a valuable tool to reduce COVID-19's effective reproduction number. The factors that determine the acceptance of COVID-19 apps remain unknown. The exception here is privacy.

User Experience and Potential Health Effects of a Conversational Agent-Based Electronic Health Intervention: Protocol for an Observational Cohort Study.

Background: While the average human life expectancy has increased remarkably, the length of life with chronic conditions has also increased. To limit the occurrence of chronic conditions and comorbidities, it is important to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Within the European project "Council of Coaches," a personalized coaching platform was developed that supports developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Changes in medicine prescription following a medication review in older high-risk patients with polypharmacy.

Background The more (inappropriate) drugs a patient uses, the higher the risk of drug related problems. To reduce these risks, medication reviews can be performed. Objective To report changes in the prescribed number of (potentially inappropriate) drugs before and after performing a medication review in high-risk polypharmacy patients.