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Article: Elena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol

TitleElena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol
Authors
KeywordsChatbot
Conversational agent (CA)
Digital coaching
Digital health
Coronavirus–COVID-19
Gamification
Mental health
Pandemic lifestyle care
Issue Date2021
PublisherFrontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.frontiersin.org/Public_Health
Citation
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021, v. 9, article no. 625640 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods to tackle the virus. In this new context, individuals' health-promoting routines are under greater strain, contributing to poorer mental and physical health. Additionally, individuals are required to keep up to date with latest health guidelines about the virus, which may be confusing in an age of social-media disinformation and shifting guidelines. To tackle these factors, we developed Elena+, a smartphone-based and conversational agent (CA) delivered pandemic lifestyle care intervention. Methods: Elena+ utilizes varied intervention components to deliver a psychoeducation-focused coaching program on the topics of: COVID-19 information, physical activity, mental health (anxiety, loneliness, mental resources), sleep and diet and nutrition. Over 43 subtopics, a CA guides individuals through content and tracks progress over time, such as changes in health outcome assessments per topic, alongside user-set behavioral intentions and user-reported actual behaviors. Ratings of the usage experience, social demographics and the user profile are also captured. Elena+ is available for public download on iOS and Android devices in English, European Spanish and Latin American Spanish with future languages and launch countries planned, and no limits on planned recruitment. Panel data methods will be used to track user progress over time in subsequent analyses. The Elena+ intervention is open-source under the Apache 2 license (MobileCoach software) and the Creative Commons 4.0 license CC BY-NC-SA (intervention logic and content), allowing future collaborations; such as cultural adaptions, integration of new sensor-related features or the development of new topics. Discussion: Digital health applications offer a low-cost and scalable route to meet challenges to public health. As Elena+ was developed by an international and interdisciplinary team in a short time frame to meet the COVID-19 pandemic, empirical data are required to discern how effective such solutions can be in meeting real world, emergent health crises. Additionally, clustering Elena+ users based on characteristics and usage behaviors could help public health practitioners understand how population-level digital health interventions can reach at-risk and sub-populations.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/308999
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.895
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dc.contributor.authorOllier, J-
dc.contributor.authorNeff, S-
dc.contributor.authorDworschak, C-
dc.contributor.authorSejdiji, A-
dc.contributor.authorSanthanam, P-
dc.contributor.authorKeller, R-
dc.contributor.authorXiao, G-
dc.contributor.authorAsisof, A-
dc.contributor.authorRüegger, D-
dc.contributor.authorBérubé, C-
dc.contributor.authorHilfiker Tomas, L-
dc.contributor.authorNeff, J-
dc.contributor.authorYao, J-
dc.contributor.authorAlattas, A-
dc.contributor.authorVarela-Mato, V-
dc.contributor.authorPitkethly, A-
dc.contributor.authorVara, MD-
dc.contributor.authorHerrero, R-
dc.contributor.authorBaños, RM-
dc.contributor.authorParada, C-
dc.contributor.authorAgatheswaran, RS-
dc.contributor.authorVillalobos, V-
dc.contributor.authorKeller, OC-
dc.contributor.authorChan, WS-
dc.contributor.authorMishra, V-
dc.contributor.authorJacobson, N-
dc.contributor.authorStanger, C-
dc.contributor.authorHe, X-
dc.contributor.authorvon Wyl, V-
dc.contributor.authorWeidt, S-
dc.contributor.authorHaug, S-
dc.contributor.authorSchaub, M-
dc.contributor.authorKleim, B-
dc.contributor.authorBarth, J-
dc.contributor.authorWitt, C-
dc.contributor.authorScholz, U-
dc.contributor.authorFleisch, E-
dc.contributor.authorWangenheim, FV-
dc.contributor.authorCar, LT-
dc.contributor.authorMüller-Riemenschneider, F-
dc.contributor.authorHauser-Ulrich, S-
dc.contributor.authorAsomoza, AN-
dc.contributor.authorSalamanca-Sanabria, A-
dc.contributor.authorMair, JL-
dc.contributor.authorKowatsch, T-
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T01:39:15Z-
dc.date.available2021-12-14T01:39:15Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Public Health, 2021, v. 9, article no. 625640-
dc.identifier.issn2296-2565-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/308999-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods to tackle the virus. In this new context, individuals' health-promoting routines are under greater strain, contributing to poorer mental and physical health. Additionally, individuals are required to keep up to date with latest health guidelines about the virus, which may be confusing in an age of social-media disinformation and shifting guidelines. To tackle these factors, we developed Elena+, a smartphone-based and conversational agent (CA) delivered pandemic lifestyle care intervention. Methods: Elena+ utilizes varied intervention components to deliver a psychoeducation-focused coaching program on the topics of: COVID-19 information, physical activity, mental health (anxiety, loneliness, mental resources), sleep and diet and nutrition. Over 43 subtopics, a CA guides individuals through content and tracks progress over time, such as changes in health outcome assessments per topic, alongside user-set behavioral intentions and user-reported actual behaviors. Ratings of the usage experience, social demographics and the user profile are also captured. Elena+ is available for public download on iOS and Android devices in English, European Spanish and Latin American Spanish with future languages and launch countries planned, and no limits on planned recruitment. Panel data methods will be used to track user progress over time in subsequent analyses. The Elena+ intervention is open-source under the Apache 2 license (MobileCoach software) and the Creative Commons 4.0 license CC BY-NC-SA (intervention logic and content), allowing future collaborations; such as cultural adaptions, integration of new sensor-related features or the development of new topics. Discussion: Digital health applications offer a low-cost and scalable route to meet challenges to public health. As Elena+ was developed by an international and interdisciplinary team in a short time frame to meet the COVID-19 pandemic, empirical data are required to discern how effective such solutions can be in meeting real world, emergent health crises. Additionally, clustering Elena+ users based on characteristics and usage behaviors could help public health practitioners understand how population-level digital health interventions can reach at-risk and sub-populations.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.frontiersin.org/Public_Health-
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Public Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectChatbot-
dc.subjectConversational agent (CA)-
dc.subjectDigital coaching-
dc.subjectDigital health-
dc.subjectCoronavirus–COVID-19-
dc.subjectGamification-
dc.subjectMental health-
dc.subjectPandemic lifestyle care-
dc.titleElena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChan, WS: chanwais@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChan, WS=rp02506-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpubh.2021.625640-
dc.identifier.pmid34746067-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC8566727-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85118675500-
dc.identifier.hkuros330824-
dc.identifier.volume9-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 625640-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 625640-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000717951000001-
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland-
dc.relation.erratumdoi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.809278-
dc.relation.erratumeid:eid_2-s2.0-85121273073-

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