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This study introduces Emu, a framework for mobile health studies. Emu simplifies creating context-aware applications, improving user engagement for ecological momentary assessments and interventions.

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  • Digital Health
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Mobile Computing

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  • Mobile technologies enable ecological momentary assessments (EMA) and interventions for chronic condition management.
  • Effective engagement requires timely user notifications, which current mobile OS poorly support.
  • Study designers often lack expertise in developing context-aware mobile applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present the Emu framework, designed to simplify the development of context-aware mobile study applications.
  • To provide a concise and powerful API for specifying temporal and contextual constraints for task notifications.
  • To demonstrate Emu's utility in common smartphone-based study scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the Emu API, a framework for creating context-aware mobile applications.
  • Focused on providing an interface for specifying temporal and contextual constraints for user notifications.
  • Designed to ease the development process for researchers and study designers.

Main Results:

  • The Emu API offers a streamlined approach to building context-aware mobile study applications.
  • The framework effectively addresses the challenge of precise contextual condition specification for user engagement.
  • Demonstrated Emu's capability to handle diverse scenarios in smartphone-based research.

Conclusions:

  • Emu facilitates the creation of more engaging and effective mobile health studies.
  • The framework empowers researchers to design sophisticated context-aware interventions without extensive programming expertise.
  • Emu enhances the potential of mobile technologies for managing chronic conditions through improved user engagement.