Value of Engagement in Digital Health Technology Research: Evidence Across 6 Unique Cohort Studies.

Sarah Margaret Goodday Emma Karlin Alexa Brooks Carol Chapman Christiana Harry Nelly Lugo Shannon Peabody Shazia Rangwala Ella Swanson Jonell Tempero Robin Yang Daniel R Karlin Ron Rabinowicz David Malkin Simon P L Travis Alissa Walsh Robert P Hirten Bruce E Sands Chetan Bettegowda Matthias Holdhoff Jessica Wollett Kelly Szajna Kallan Dirmeyer Anna Dodd Shawn Hutchinson Stephanie Ramotar Robert C Grant Adrien Boch Mackenzie Wildman Stephen H Friend

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2024)

Participant-centric engagement strategies aid in participant retention and maintain good adherence in some populations. Primary barriers to engagement were participant burden (task fatigue and inconvenience), physical, mental, and situational barriers (unable to complete tasks), and low perceived benefit (lack of understanding of the value of personal DHTs). More population-specific tailoring of personal DHT designs is needed so that these new tools can be perceived as personally valuable to the end user.

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