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View article: Influencing basic behavioral mechanisms of action while targeting daily walking in sedentary adults at risk for cardiovascular disease: randomised factorial design protocol
Influencing basic behavioral mechanisms of action while targeting daily walking in sedentary adults at risk for cardiovascular disease: randomised factorial design protocol Open
Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, though it may be prevented by increasing physical activity (PA). When behaviour change techniques (BCTs) are bundled together, they increase PA, though …
View article: Establishing data elements and exchange standards to support long COVID healthcare and research
Establishing data elements and exchange standards to support long COVID healthcare and research Open
Objective The Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs) Electronic Care (e-Care) Plan project aims to establish care planning data standards for individuals living with MCCs. This article reports on the portion of the project focused on long COVI…
View article: Measuring Cigarette Smoking Risk Perceptions
Measuring Cigarette Smoking Risk Perceptions Open
Risk perception is an important construct in many health behavior theories. Smoking risk perceptions are thoughts and feelings about the harms associated with cigarette smoking. Wide variation in the terminology, definition, and assessment…
View article: Translational Research of the Acute Effects of Negative Emotions on Vascular Endothelial Health: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Study
Translational Research of the Acute Effects of Negative Emotions on Vascular Endothelial Health: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Study Open
Background Provoked anger is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease events. The underlying mechanism linking provoked anger as well as other core negative emotions including anxiety and sadness to cardiovascular diseas…
View article: The <scp>National Institute on Aging</scp> Edward R. Roybal Centers: Past, present, and future of research to foster healthy aging
The <span>National Institute on Aging</span> Edward R. Roybal Centers: Past, present, and future of research to foster healthy aging Open
The goal of the National Institute on Aging has been to support innovative research that fosters the health and independence of older adults while studying conditions that uniquely affect the most vulnerable among America's aging populatio…
View article: Diabetes and Multiple Long-term Conditions: A Review of Our Current Global Health Challenge
Diabetes and Multiple Long-term Conditions: A Review of Our Current Global Health Challenge Open
Use of effective treatments and management programs is leading to longer survival of people with diabetes. This, in combination with obesity, is thus contributing to a rise in people living with more than one condition, known as multiple l…
View article: The effect of a multi-component behavior change technique intervention on medication adherence among individuals on primary prevention statin therapy: a dose-finding protocol
The effect of a multi-component behavior change technique intervention on medication adherence among individuals on primary prevention statin therapy: a dose-finding protocol Open
Background In the USA, the primary cause of death and morbidity continues to be cardiovascular disease (CVD). Numerous trials have shown that statin medication reduces the likelihood of CVD events; it is a cornerstone of CVD prevention. Ho…
View article: Protocol of a feasibility study of a virtual personalized (N-of-1) trial for increasing low-intensity physical activity in older adults via habit formation
Protocol of a feasibility study of a virtual personalized (N-of-1) trial for increasing low-intensity physical activity in older adults via habit formation Open
A series of up to 60 single-arm, personalized trials, involving no personal contact, will recruit adults, 45-75 years of age, to wear an activity tracker during a 2-week baseline and a 10-week intervention. Five BCT prompts to execute a wa…
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Issue Information Open
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View article: Testing Behavior Change Techniques to Increase Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Personalized Trial Series
Testing Behavior Change Techniques to Increase Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Personalized Trial Series Open
Background Being physically active is critical to successful aging, but most middle-aged and older adults do not move enough. Research has shown that even small increases in activity can have a significant impact on risk reduction and impr…
View article: Testing Behavior Change Techniques to Increase Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Personalized Trial Series (Preprint)
Testing Behavior Change Techniques to Increase Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Personalized Trial Series (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Being physically active is critical to successful aging, but most middle-aged and older adults do not move enough. Research has shown that even small increases in activity can have a significant impact on risk reduction and imp…
View article: Series of virtual light therapy interventions for fatigue: a feasibility pilot study protocol for a series of personalised (N-of-1) trials
Series of virtual light therapy interventions for fatigue: a feasibility pilot study protocol for a series of personalised (N-of-1) trials Open
Introduction Fatigue is one of the most commonly recorded patient symptoms that can result in deficits in aspects of psychomotor functioning, cognition, work performance and mood. Research shows that bright light and dim light therapy may …
View article: Activation Versus Change as a Principle Underlying Intervention Strategies to Promote Health Behaviors
Activation Versus Change as a Principle Underlying Intervention Strategies to Promote Health Behaviors Open
Background and Purpose Interventions are effective in promoting health behavior change to the extent that (a) intervention strategies modify targets (i.e., mechanisms of action), and (b) modifying targets leads to changes in behavior. To c…
View article: Introducing Data Sciences to N-of-1 Designs, Statistics, Use-Cases, the Future, and the Moniker ‘N-of-1’ Trial
Introducing Data Sciences to N-of-1 Designs, Statistics, Use-Cases, the Future, and the Moniker ‘N-of-1’ Trial Open
This article, an introduction to HDSR's "Personalized (N-of-1) Trials: Methods, Applications, and Impact" special issue, describes the rationale for a primer of the methods, data types and management, designs, and use cases for personalize…
View article: Personalized (N-of-1) Trials for Patient-Centered Treatments of Multimorbidity
Personalized (N-of-1) Trials for Patient-Centered Treatments of Multimorbidity Open
Treatment of patients who suffer from concurrent health conditions is not well served by (1) evidence-based clinical guidelines that mainly specify treatment of single conditions and (2) conventional randomized controlled trials (RCTs) tha…
View article: Emerging approaches to multiple chronic condition assessment
Emerging approaches to multiple chronic condition assessment Open
Older adults experience a higher prevalence of multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Establishing the presence and pattern of MCCs in individuals or populations is important for healthcare delivery, research, and policy. This report describe…
View article: Now is the time to assess the effects of open science practiceswith randomized control trials.
Now is the time to assess the effects of open science practiceswith randomized control trials. Open
We issue a call for the design and conduct of experimental trials to test the effects of researchers' adoption of Open Science (OS) research practices. OS emerged to address lapses in the transparency, quality, integrity, and reproducibili…
View article: Measuring Multimorbidity
Measuring Multimorbidity Open
Background: Adults have a higher prevalence of multimorbidity—or having multiple chronic health conditions—than having a single condition in isolation. Researchers, health care providers, and health policymakers find it challenging to deci…
View article: National Institutes of Health Advancing Multimorbidity Research
National Institutes of Health Advancing Multimorbidity Research Open
Background: Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of 2 or more chronic diseases, is more common than having a single chronic disease, especially among persons age 65 years and older. The routine measurement of multimorbidity can facilitate a b…
View article: Social Comparison Features in Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review
Social Comparison Features in Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review Open
Background Smartphone apps promoting physical activity (PA) are abundant, but few produce substantial and sustained behavior change. Although many PA apps purport to induce users to compare themselves with others (by invoking social compar…
View article: Clinical Usefulness of Bright White Light Therapy for Depressive Symptoms in Cancer Survivors: Results from a Series of Personalized (N-of-1) Trials
Clinical Usefulness of Bright White Light Therapy for Depressive Symptoms in Cancer Survivors: Results from a Series of Personalized (N-of-1) Trials Open
Purpose: Little is known about the effectiveness of bright white light therapy (BWL) for depressive symptoms in cancer survivors, many of whom prefer non-pharmacological treatments. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectivenes…
View article: Measuring Cigarette Smoking Risk Perceptions
Measuring Cigarette Smoking Risk Perceptions Open
Risk perception is an important construct in many health behavior theories. Smoking risk perceptions are thoughts and feelings about the harms associated with cigarette smoking. Wide variation in the terminology, definition, and assessment…
View article: Health behaviour change in cardiovascular disease prevention and management: meta-review of behaviour change techniques to affect self-regulation
Health behaviour change in cardiovascular disease prevention and management: meta-review of behaviour change techniques to affect self-regulation Open
Self-regulation processes assume a major role in health behaviour theory and are postulated as important mechanisms of action in behavioural interventions to improve health prevention and management. The need to better understand mechanism…
View article: Multimorbidity in health psychology and behavioral medicine.
Multimorbidity in health psychology and behavioral medicine. Open
This special issue highlights the unique potential that health psychology-behavioral medicine has to dramatically contribute to understanding, prevention, and control of the growing prevalence of multimorbidity (i.e., concurrent prevalence…
View article: Multimorbidity: Implications and directions for health psychology and behavioral medicine.
Multimorbidity: Implications and directions for health psychology and behavioral medicine. Open
The increasing prevalence of multimorbidity in the United States and the rest of the world poses problems for patients and for health care providers, care systems, and policy. After clarifying the difference between comorbidity and multimo…
View article: Social Comparison Features in Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review (Preprint)
Social Comparison Features in Physical Activity Promotion Apps: Scoping Meta-Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Smartphone apps promoting physical activity (PA) are abundant, but few produce substantial and sustained behavior change. Although many PA apps purport to induce users to compare themselves with others (by invoking social compa…
View article: The value of a second reviewer for study selection in systematic reviews
The value of a second reviewer for study selection in systematic reviews Open
Background Although dual independent review of search results by two reviewers is generally recommended for systematic reviews, there are not consistent recommendations regarding the timing of the use of the second reviewer. This study com…
View article: Multimorbidity in randomized controlled trials of behavioral interventions: A systematic review.
Multimorbidity in randomized controlled trials of behavioral interventions: A systematic review. Open
In this comprehensive systematic review of 600 studies published from 2000-2014, RCTs testing behavioral interventions rarely consider individuals with MCC, limiting generalizability. Given the public health relevance and limited evidence …