Pop-ups, pushberichten, geluidsmeldingen. Ons mobieltje schreeuwt om aandacht. Smartphonegebruikers zijn het erover eens dat hun telefoon een aanzienlijke impact heeft op hun dagelijks leven, veel tijd opeist en regelmatig afleidt van hun bestaande bezigheden. Notificaties lijken hierbij de grote boosdoener. …

Introduction: Many adults do not reach the recommended physical activity (PA) guidelines, which can lead to serious health problems. A promising method to increase PA is the use of smartphone PA applications. However, despite the development and evaluation of multiple PA apps, it remains unclear how …

Background: Major surgery is associated with negative postoperative outcomes such as complications and delayed or poor recovery. Multimodal prehabilitation can help to reduce the negative effects of major surgery. Offering prehabilitation by means of mobile health (mHealth) could be an effective new …

Scrollen, liken, commenten, appen, videobellen en nieuws streamen. Digitale media zijn onlosmakelijk verbonden met ons dagelijkse leven. Maar in de vernieuwde werkelijkheid waarin de overheid met haar COVID-maatregelen aanstuurt op ‘social distancing’, zijn we nog meer dan voorheen afhankelijk van onze …

Where in the 90s everyone had a hi-fi stereo sound system to play their favourite records or CDs, now we hardly have any favourite music, let alone a decent installation to play it on. Although we can hear everything ever made through Spotify or iTunes, we usually listen through a speaker on the smartphone …

Dit document geeft middels ontwerprichtlijnen antwoord op de vraag; “Op wat voor manier kunnen ouders van het ToP programma digitaal ondersteund worden door zorgprofessionals om (thuis) zelfstandig (betrouwbare) informatie te vinden die helpt bij het begeleiden van de ontwikkeling van hun prematuur geboren …

BACKGROUND: Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have surged in popularity in recent years, generating numerous possibilities for their use in health care as mobile health (mHealth) tools. One advantage of mHealth is that it can be provided asynchronously, signifying that health care providers …

Non-professional runners make extensive use of consumer-available wearable devices and smartphone apps to monitor training sessions, health, and physical performance. Despite the popularity of these products, they usually neglect subjective factors, such as psychosocial stress, unexpected daily physical …

What’s online video today, fifteen years into its exponential growth? In the age of the smart phone, video accompanies, informs, moves, and distracts us. What started off with amateur prosumers on YouTube has spread to virtually all communication apps: say it with moving images. Are you addicted yet? …

This study aims to help professionals in the field of running and running-related technology (i.e., sports watches and smartphone applications) to address the needs of runners. It investigates the various runner types—in terms of their attitudes, interests, and opinions (AIOs) with regard to running—and …