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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
  • Mobile Health Interventions

Background:

  • Unhealthy lifestyles (smoking, poor nutrition) significantly contribute to cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
  • Mobile apps show potential for promoting healthy behaviors but lack data on utilization, perception, and long-term CVD prevention effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a mobile app concept focused on reducing individual CVD risk.
  • To gather data for CVD prevention research while ensuring user data privacy and security.

Main Methods:

  • Concept validation through prototype development.
  • Usability studies to assess app functionality and user experience.

Main Results:

  • Anticipated ability to reach a broad user base.
  • Expected success in collecting scientific information while maintaining robust user data protection.

Conclusions:

  • A mobile coaching app is proposed as a strategy for CVD prevention.
  • High acceptance rates are expected in forthcoming validation studies.