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The Effect of Timing and Frequency of Push Notifications on Usage of a Smartphone-Based Stress Management Intervention: An Exploratory Trial

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Push notifications offer a promising strategy for enhancing engagement with smartphone-based health interventions. Intelligent sensor-driven machine learning models may improve the timeliness of notifications by adapting delivery to a user's current context (e.g. location). This exploratory mixed-methods study examined the potential impact of timing and frequency on notification response and usage of Healthy Mind, a smartphone-based stress management intervention. 77 participants were randomised to use one of three versions of Healthy Mind that provided: intelligent notifications; daily notifications within pre-defined time frames; or occasional notifications within pre-defined time frames. Notification response and Healthy Mind usage were automatically recorded. Telephone interviews explored participants' experiences of using Healthy Mind. Participants in the intelligent and daily conditions viewed (d = .47, .44 respectively) and actioned (d = .50, .43 respectively) more notifications compared to the occasional group. Notification group had no meaningful effects on percentage of notifications viewed or usage of Healthy Mind. No meaningful differences were indicated between the intelligent and non-intelligent groups. Our findings suggest that frequent notifications may encourage greater exposure to intervention content without deterring engagement, but adaptive tailoring of notification timing does not always enhance their use. Hypotheses generated from this study require testing in future work. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN67177737.

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  1. Hargood C, Michaelides D, Weal M, Pejovic V, Musolesi M, Morrison L, et al. The UBhave framework: Developing dynamic mobile applications for digital behavioural interventions. Poster presented at: 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services; 2014 Dec 02–05; London, UK.

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Authors
Morrison, L. G., Hargood, C., Pejovic, V., Geraghty, A. W. A., Lloyd, S., Goodman, N., Michaelides, D. T., Weston, A., Musolesi, M., Weal, M. J., & Yardley, L.
Affiliations
  • University of Southampton (GB)
  • Bournemouth University (GB)
  • Durham University (GB)
  • Gateshead Council (GB)
  • University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Morrison, Leanne G.
Venue
PLoS ONE
Published
2017-01-03
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
e0169162
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1771486365
Cited by
162
References
41
Citations by year
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14.68
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journal article
Language
en
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I032673/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords
push notifications, notification timing, smartphone-based intervention, stress management, healthy mind, user engagement, context-aware notifications, mobile health
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Machine Learning, Adolescent, Adult, Algorithms, Automation, Female, United Kingdom, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Public Health, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological, Health Behavior, Telemedicine, Geographic Information Systems, Young Adult, Text Messaging, Accelerometry

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