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Evaluating the Efficacy of Holistic mHealth Interventions for Promoting Healthy Ageing in Adults

This study outlines a systematic review protocol to evaluate mHealth interventions that integrate physical activity, nutrition, and mental health support for adult populations.

Open to researchQualified 88/100P4 provenance
Primary research question

What are the characteristics and clinical effectiveness of holistic mHealth interventions targeting physical, dietary, and mental health outcomes in adults?

Knowledge gap

What remains worth asking

There appears to be a lack of synthesized evidence regarding the combined impact of multi-dimensional mHealth interventions on healthy ageing outcomes.

Potential contribution

Why it may matter

Understanding the effectiveness of integrated digital health tools is critical for scaling public health strategies to support an ageing global population.

Academic placement

OECD fields and topic tags

Public HealthDigital HealthGerontology

Scope: Global adult populations utilizing mobile health technologies for lifestyle management. · Method signals: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis

Possible study pathways

One question, different levels

Postgraduate diploma

Reviewing digital health policy and implementation strategies for ageing populations.

Research master’s

Conducting a comparative analysis of mHealth intervention design features and long-term health outcomes.

Doctoral

Developing a theoretical framework for the integration of multi-modal health data in mHealth platforms.

originalityModerate
methodologyAdvanced
Data accessAccessible
ethicsAccessible

Qualification signal

88/100

  • The protocol emphasizes the need for rigorous risk-of-bias assessment.
  • Focuses on the intersection of physical and mental health via digital delivery.
  • Open-access scholarly source and DOI metadata verified

Provenance

Research Idea Registry curation

  • DOI and bibliographic metadata independently resolved
  • Open-access status verified
  • The research direction is transparently marked as AI-inferred
The public contributor code contains no name or account email.

APA 7 source

Zheng, S., Edney, S. M., Mair, J. L., Kowatsch, T., Castro, O., Salamanca-Sanabria, A., & Müller‐Riemenschneider, F. (2023). Holistic mHealth interventions for the promotion of healthy ageing: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066662. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066662

Paper abstract and discussion context; AI-inferred direction

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