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Table 1 A qualitative comparison between our study and the related studies

From: ProHealth eCoach: user-centered design and development of an eCoach app to promote healthy lifestyle with personalized activity recommendations

Study

UCD Approach and/or Method

Behavioral intervention and purpose

Personalization approach

Our study

Iterative approach

Activity coaching to reduce sedentary behavior

Preference-settings, self-monitoring, interval prediction, and recommendation visualzation

[19]

Iterative approach

To deliver rehabilitation strategies in chronic conditions

Self-management report generation

[20]

Iterative approach

Rural eHealth nutrition education for low-income families

[21]

Iterative approach and collaborative engagement

For elderly decision-making towards care location

[22]

Iterative approach

Prototyping for a clinical ecosystem

[23]

Iterative approach

To support obese and overweight adolescents with a future focus on healthy lifestyle and economic advantage

Feedback presentation

[24]

Iterative approach

Nutritional intervention for healthy lifestyle

Recommendation generation, reminder design

[7, 18]

Non-Iterative approach and Shah’s methodological framework

Physical activity for primary care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or type-2 diabetes

Goal-setting and general feedback generation

[25]

Non-iterative approach

To enhance the physical activity level

Goal management, rewards, and self-monitoring

[26]

Non-iterative approach

Proposed and validated the design strategies for persuasive technologies

[27]

Non-iterative approach

To design and develop a technology-mediated therapy tool for adults with mental illness

[28]

Structured method

For independent and safe elderly living

[29]

Participatory design approach

For the self-management of food, exercise, mood, and social values

Graphical representation (e.g., picture and text)

[30, 31]

Evidence-based approach

Remote patient monitoring and early detection of health risks

[32]

Behavioral engagement

Behavioral improvement by reducing alcohol consumptions

Daily notification generation and feedback visualizations

[33, 34]

Highlighted the importance of self-management for developing the gradual human behavior change intervention strategy