Published on in Vol 23, No 3 (2021): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24905, first published .
Effort-Optimized Intervention Model: Framework for Building and Analyzing Digital Interventions That Require Minimal Effort for Health-Related Gains

Effort-Optimized Intervention Model: Framework for Building and Analyzing Digital Interventions That Require Minimal Effort for Health-Related Gains

Effort-Optimized Intervention Model: Framework for Building and Analyzing Digital Interventions That Require Minimal Effort for Health-Related Gains

Authors of this article:

Amit Baumel1 Author Orcid Image ;   Frederick J Muench2 Author Orcid Image

Journals

  1. Mouchabac S, Maatoug R, Conejero I, Adrien V, Bonnot O, Millet B, Ferreri F, Bourla A. In Search of Digital Dopamine: How Apps Can Motivate Depressed Patients, a Review and Conceptual Analysis. Brain Sciences 2021;11(11):1454 View
  2. Cross S, Karin E, Staples L, Bisby M, Ryan K, Duke G, Nielssen O, Kayrouz R, Fisher A, Dear B, Titov N. Factors associated with treatment uptake, completion, and subsequent symptom improvement in a national digital mental health service. Internet Interventions 2022;27:100506 View
  3. Daniore P, Nittas V, von Wyl V. Enrollment and Retention of Participants in Remote Digital Health Studies: Scoping Review and Framework Proposal. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(9):e39910 View
  4. Schroé H, Crombez G, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Van Dyck D. Investigating When, Which, and Why Users Stop Using a Digital Health Intervention to Promote an Active Lifestyle: Secondary Analysis With A Focus on Health Action Process Approach–Based Psychological Determinants. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2022;10(1):e30583 View
  5. Pelly M, Fatehi F, Liew D, Verdejo-Garcia A. Novel behaviour change frameworks for digital health interventions: A critical review. Journal of Health Psychology 2023;28(10):970 View
  6. Machulska A, Eiler T, Haßler B, Kleinke K, Brück R, Jahn K, Niehaves B, Klucken T. Mobile phone-based approach bias retraining for smokers seeking abstinence: a randomized-controlled study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2024;22(6):4126 View
  7. Maciejewski J, Smoktunowicz E. Low-effort internet intervention to reduce students' stress delivered with Meta's Messenger chatbot (Stressbot): A randomized controlled trial. Internet Interventions 2023;33:100653 View
  8. Baumel A, Brandes O, Brendryen H, Muench F, Kane J, Saar C. The impact of therapeutic persuasiveness on engagement and outcomes in unguided interventions: A randomized pilot trial of a digital parent training program for child behavior problems. Internet Interventions 2023;34:100680 View
  9. Muench F, Madden S, Oommen S, Forthal S, Srinagesh A, Stadler G, Kuerbis A, Leeman R, Suffoletto B, Baumel A, Haslip C, Vadhan N, Morgenstern J. Automated, tailored adaptive mobile messaging to reduce alcohol consumption in help‐seeking adults: A randomized controlled trial. Addiction 2024;119(3):530 View
  10. Kautz‐Turnbull C, Speybroeck E, Rockhold M, Petrenko C. Teachers' needs for an FASD‐informed resource: A qualitative interview needs assessment based on the ADAPT‐ITT framework. Psychology in the Schools 2024;61(3):1255 View
  11. SU J, WONG A, ZHANG L, BAYUO J, LIN R, ABU-ODAH H, BATALIK L. Technology-assisted cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease patients with central obesity: a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2024;60(1) View
  12. Pepera G, Antoniou V, Su J, Lin R, Batalik L. Comprehensive and personalized approach is a critical area for developing remote cardiac rehabilitation programs. World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024;12(12):2009 View
  13. Theofanopoulou N, Antle A, Slovak P. "They Don't Come With a Handbook": Exploring Design Opportunities for Supporting Parent-Child Interaction around Emotions in the Family Context. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2024;8(CSCW1):1 View
  14. Cross S, Alvarez-Jimenez M. The digital cumulative complexity model: a framework for improving engagement in digital mental health interventions. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2024;15 View
  15. Saar C, Brandes O, Baumel A. Identifying Active Ingredients that Cause Change in Digital Parent Training Programs for Child Behavior Problems: A Qualitative Exploration. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2024 View
  16. Penfornis K, Albers N, Brinkman W, Neerincx M, Evers A, Gebhardt W, Meijer E. User Experiences With Digital Future-Self Interventions in the Contexts of Smoking and Physical Inactivity: Mixed Methods Multistudy Exploration. JMIR Formative Research 2025;9:e63893 View
  17. Baumel A. More than a chatbot: a practical framework to harness artificial intelligence across key components to boost digital therapeutics quality. Frontiers in Digital Health 2025;7 View
  18. Baumel A, Aderka I. The Impact of Mechanisms of Action on Adherence and Outcomes in Self-Guided Digital Mental Health Interventions: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial With Mediation Analysis. JMIR Research Protocols 2025;14:e71238 View
  19. Saar C, Brandes O, Aderka I, Baumel A. Examining the Impact of Intervention Quality on Mechanisms of Change in Digital Parent Training Programs. Journal of Child and Family Studies 2025;34(6):1593 View
  20. Maher C, Alcorn M, Childress A, Dawson J, Galyean S. Increasing Vegetable Intake Using Monosodium Glutamate in a Randomized Controlled Trial: A Culinary Medicine Intervention. Food Science & Nutrition 2025;13(6) View
  21. Savir T, Baumel A. Capacity to Invest Effort as a Predictor of Preference for Digital Mental Health Interventions Over Psychotherapy: Cross-Sectional Study Using an Ecological Digital Screening Tool. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2025;27:e77802 View
  22. Van Sebille Y, Short C, Howell D, Bender J. Optimizing the impact of supportive cancer care digital health interventions: considerations for design, development, and evaluation. Supportive Care in Cancer 2025;33(11) View
  23. Kautz‐Turnbull C, Carmichael Olson H, Coles C, Tapparello C, Love K, Luehmann A, Cole L, Toth S, Speybroeck E, Petrenko C. The Families Moving Forward Connect Teacher Companion website: Development and initial pilot randomized trial of an FASD‐informed resource for teachers. Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research 2025 View
  24. Maciejewski J, Cieślak R, Carlbring P, Smoktunowicz E. Meta Self-efficacy Internet Intervention to Support Occupational Health in Young Employees: Study Protocol for Co-creation and a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint). JMIR Research Protocols 2025 View
  25. Saar C, Brandes O, Baumel A. Does human support add value to persuasive design-based digital mental health interventions? A propensity score matching study of a digital parenting program. Frontiers in Digital Health 2025;7 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Baumeister H, Kraft R, Baumel A, Pryss R, Messner E. Digital Phenotyping and Mobile Sensing. View