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. 2015 Feb 24;5(1):35–43. doi: 10.1007/s12553-015-0095-1

Table 6.

Design evaluation (authors’ opinions, 5-point scale from - - to ++)

Health Effectiveness Coaching Performance ICT Value Adding

++ Health Literacy: Impacts from Health Quiz, workshops and education materials.

+ Health behaviours: BRAVO survey indicates improvements.

+/− Health outcomes: Feeling more fit is a positive outcome, but more objective measures not used.

+ Quality of Life: Feeling better, mentally and physically more fit.

+/− Promoting health actions: Many health tips are provided. Impact depends on execution of plans.

++ Supporting self-efficacy: Users indicate a strong contribution from ‘know what my own influence is’

++ Activating intrinsic motivation: A strongly activated desire to improve, plus rewards via feeling better.

+ Motivators, triggers, experiences: health quiz, mail tips and surveys provided triggers, (fun) experiences plus hope and improvement opportunities.

+/− Simplicity: Installation and first use were burdening for some. After that, usage was simple, low effort.

+/− Fit with coach processes: Users felt synergies with the workshops, education materials, personal action plans and answering individual questions.

Potential improvement:

Using more objective health outcomes, possibly future 24 × 7 health tracking.

Potential improvement:

Context aware and personalized coaching.

Potential improvement:

Coach processes could be automated more (e.g., goals/means support).