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Intelligent Coaching Assistant for the Promotion of Healthy Habits in a Multidomain mHealth-Based Intervention for Brain Health

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  • Diego Moreno-Blanco

    (Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2804 Madrid, Spain
    Co-first author, these authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Javier Solana-Sánchez

    (Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, 08916 Badalona, Spain
    Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08035 Bellaterra, Spain
    Co-first author, these authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Patricia Sánchez-González

    (Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2804 Madrid, Spain
    Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • Manuel Jiménez-Hernando

    (Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2804 Madrid, Spain)

  • Gabriele Cattaneo

    (Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, 08916 Badalona, Spain
    Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08035 Bellaterra, Spain)

  • Alba Roca

    (Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, 08916 Badalona, Spain
    Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08035 Bellaterra, Spain)

  • Joyce Gomes-Osman

    (Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    Linus Health, Boston, MA 02451, USA)

  • Josep María Tormos-Muñoz

    (Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, 08916 Badalona, Spain
    Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08035 Bellaterra, Spain)

  • David Bartrés-Faz

    (Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, 08916 Badalona, Spain
    Departament de Medicina, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut i Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Álvaro Pascual-Leone

    (Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, 08916 Badalona, Spain
    Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

  • Enrique J. Gómez

    (Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2804 Madrid, Spain
    Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Brain Health is defined as the development and preservation of optimal brain integrity and neural network functioning for a given age. Recent studies have related healthy habits with better maintenance of brain health across the lifespan. As a part of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (BBHI), a mHealth platform has been developed with the purpose of helping people to improve and monitor their healthy habits, facilitating the delivery of health coaching strategies. A decision support system (DSS), named Intelligent Coaching Assistant (ICA), has been developed to ease the work of professional brain health coaches, helping them design and monitor adherence to multidomain interventions in a more efficient manner. Personalized recommendations are based on users’ current healthy habits, individual preferences, and motivational aspects. Taking these inputs, an initial user profile is defined, and the ICA applies an algorithm for determining the most suitable personalized intervention plan. An initial validation has been done focusing on assessing the feasibility and usability of the solution, involving 20 participants for three weeks. We conclude that this kind of technology-based intervention is feasible and implementable in real-world settings. Importantly, the personalized intervention proposal generated by the DSS is feasible and its acceptability and usability are high.

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  • Diego Moreno-Blanco & Javier Solana-Sánchez & Patricia Sánchez-González & Manuel Jiménez-Hernando & Gabriele Cattaneo & Alba Roca & Joyce Gomes-Osman & Josep María Tormos-Muñoz & David Bartrés-Faz & Á, 2021. "Intelligent Coaching Assistant for the Promotion of Healthy Habits in a Multidomain mHealth-Based Intervention for Brain Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-19, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10774-:d:655902
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