JMIR Human Factors

Approximately 19% of adults in Europe are affected by chronic pain, which reduces the quality of life. Pain-management mobile health (mHealth) apps offer a promising solution for self-management, but user engagement and adherence can limit their clinical impact. User experience design and research play a crucial role in optimizing usability and long-term adoption of digital health interventions.

Taiwan’s status as a super-aged society underscores the need for efficient strategies to promote healthy aging. While the benefits of mindfulness-based interventions for sleep and mental health are evident, there is a shortage of cultural adaptations for Taiwan’s older adults. Current courses mainly focus on mindfulness-based stress reduction, while neglecting mindfulness-based elder care, and mindful sustainable aging principles. However, the abstract nature of some mindfulness concepts, combined with limited digital support and localized resources, makes it challenging for older adults to engage effectively.

Hospitals face increasing pressure to accelerate digital transformation. Modifiable off-the-shelf technologies (MOTs) combine standardized products with limited adaptability, offering promising opportunities for rapid digitalization. However, implementing MOTs in complex hospital settings involves multiple barriers, facilitators, and organizational dynamics that require deeper investigation.

There are around 20,000 mental health apps available in app stores. The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA), a United Kingdom digital health compliance company, has assessed a number of digital mental health apps with regard to their quality, professional and clinical assurance, data privacy, and user experience. This study analyzes the data that were collected by ORCHA when they assessed mental health apps.

Digital interventions for mental health and well-being are increasingly moving beyond screen-based applications toward more embodied approaches, necessitating design methodologies that emphasize bodily experiences. Soma design offers a distinctive interaction design approach that integrates bodily awareness with aesthetic appreciation, viewing the mind and body as an inseparable whole.

It is unclear why some smartphone apps designed for people with psychosis are engaging, while others are not. One possible explanation is the apps’ persuasive features and the operationalization and implementation of these features.

The utility of online engagement in enhancing quality of life and mitigating social isolation among older adults is well documented. However, its relationship with cognitive functioning, particularly through online engagement, requires further exploration.

Digital health interventions can be effective at changing behavior, but achieving long-term adherence remains a challenge. One psychological barrier to health behavior change is , or the tendency to prefer smaller, short-term rewards over larger, long-term rewards. Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) can disrupt future discounting and is a promising technique for improving health behavior, but such interventions have not been co-designed to address end user needs.

More than 20% of perinatal women experience depression, with suicide being a leading cause of maternal death in the United States. Professional societies emphasize the need to identify those at risk of developing perinatal depression to better target preventive care delivery during pregnancy.

Digital remote monitoring using smartphones and wearable devices is a promising solution for psychosis management, where precise, time-sensitive intervention is crucial. Combining active symptom monitoring (ASM) and passive sensing (PS) can support self-management by allowing remote, low-burden mental health monitoring.

In Bangladesh, as well as throughout the world, children’s screen time has significantly increased. Children spend a lot of time on the internet and digital screens for entertainment, education, and communication, which has increased their daily screen time. However, the potential detrimental impacts of excessive screen time on children’s mental, physical, and social health have drawn attention.

Despite their benefits, digital health tools often face adoption barriers because of the digital divide. Identifying the fundamental user skills required to effectively navigate these tools and the usability barriers is essential to addressing disparities in use.