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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • eHealth applications for behavior change face challenges with user adherence and dropout.
  • Virtual coach technology offers potential but requires better understanding of user needs.
  • A comprehensive approach is needed to integrate user experiences and envisioned scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate user needs for eHealth applications supporting behavior change.
  • To identify factors influencing adherence and engagement with virtual coaches.
  • To provide evidence-based recommendations for designing more effective health behavior change applications.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study involving 671 smokers interacting with a virtual coach over five sessions.
  • Mixed-methods approach triangulating qualitative feedback, quantitative data, and literature review.
  • Acquisition of user needs through both actual experiences and reflections on envisioned scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Identified 14 themes related to behaviors, users, involved parties, and environment.
  • Perceived usefulness (informative, helpful, motivating) was the most prevalent theme.
  • Key factors included perceived importance, motivation, autonomy, companionableness, accountability, and environmental support (time, prompts, social support).

Conclusions:

  • An integrated approach to needs acquisition provides a comprehensive, grounded classification of user needs.
  • Recommendations focus on enhancing perceived usefulness, considering user characteristics, leveraging social and virtual coach support, and optimizing the environment.
  • Published dataset aims to facilitate future research in designing user-centered eHealth interventions.