Table 2.
Measures of engagement used in microrandomized trials of mobile health (mHealth) interventions.
| Source | SRa or EMAb | SUc | Sensor data | Qualitative methods | SMd | PPe | |
| Evaluate effect of intervention components | |||||||
|
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Aguilera et al [23], 2021 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Battalio et al [24], 2021 |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Goldstein et al [26], 2021 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Klasnja et al [27], 2021 |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Klasnja et al [28], 2019 |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Kramer et al [29], 2020 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latham [30], 2021f | ✓ | ✓ |
|
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|
|
|
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Jeganathan et al [31], 2022 |
|
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✓ |
|
|
|
|
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Spruijt-Metz et al [33], 2022 |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Wang et al [34], 2022 |
|
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✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
Dowling et al [35], 2022 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rodda et al [36], 2022 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
| Evaluate strategies to improve engagement | |||||||
|
|
Bell et al [22], 2020 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bidargaddi et al [37], 2018 |
|
✓ |
|
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|
|
|
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Nahum-Shani et al [38], 2021 | ✓ |
|
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|
|
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Nordby et al [39], 2022 | ✓ | ✓ |
|
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|
|
| Evaluate feasibility and acceptability of intervention | |||||||
|
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Militello et al [40], 2022 | ✓ | ✓ |
|
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|
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|
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Yang et al [41], 2022 |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
|
|
| Describing engagement | |||||||
|
|
Hoel et al [42], 2022 |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
Valle et al [43], 2020 |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
aSR: self-report data.
bEMA: ecological momentary assessment.
cSU: system usage data.
dSM: social media data.
ePP: psychophysiological data.
fThis study was also designed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of its mHealth intervention.