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Low-effort, in-the-moment self-tracking using the One Button Tracker aids health awareness and behavior change. This method offers valuable insights and support, proving effective for personal health promotion.

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  • Digital health
  • Health behavior
  • Self-tracking technologies

Background:

  • Subjective health self-tracking is challenging due to high effort or inaccurate retrospective reporting.
  • Current methods often lead to poor accuracy and compliance in health monitoring.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the usability and usefulness of a low-effort, in-the-moment self-tracking tool.
  • To determine the necessary support for effective self-tracking using simple instrumentation.

Main Methods:

  • Exploratory study using the One Button Tracker for time-stamped self-tracking of subjective phenomena.
  • 13 academic medical center employees tracked personal health questions for 2-4 weeks.
  • Assessed usability and usefulness via semistructured interviews and the System Usability Scale.

Main Results:

  • Identified 29 barriers and 15 facilitators, with ease of use being a key facilitator.
  • Achieved a median System Usability Scale score of 75.0, indicating good usability.
  • Observed increased awareness, knowledge confirmation, insight gain, and behavior change; support was highly valued.

Conclusions:

  • Low-effort, in-the-moment self-tracking supports personal knowledge gain and health behavior change.
  • This approach is beneficial for health promotion interests.
  • Further validation could extend its utility to other users and health questions.