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. 2016 Jan 21;4(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/medinform.4514

Table 4.

Impact of IT platforms and theories of health behavior (Yes=positive impact, No=no impact).

Behavior theory Impact of IT platforms, n (%)
Internet Mobile Social media Tele-monitoring Video game

Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Total yes Total no Total
Biomedical theory
(chronic model)
1 (1)




1 (6)

2 (1)
2 (1)
Behavioral learning theory 2 (2) 1 (1)






2 (1) 1 (1) 3 (2)
Communication
(social support theory)
4 (5) 1 (1) 1 (2)
1 (6) 1 (6)


6 (4) 2 (1) 8 (5)
Cognitive theory
(TPB, SOC, TTM, self-efficacy, information motivation, and behavioral skill)
36 (42) 4 (5) 12 (27) 1 (2) 2 (13)
1 (6)
2 (33) 53 (31) 5 (3) 58 (34)
Self-regulatory 5 (6) 1 (1)

2 (13)


1 (17) 8 (5) 1 (1) 9 (5)
Total of used theory 48 (56) 7 (8) 13 (29) 1 (2) 5 (31) 1 (6) 2 (2)
3 (50) 71 (42) 9 (5) 80 (47)
Theory not reported 27 (31) 4 (5) 28 (64) 2 (5) 8 (50) 2 (13) 14 (78) 2 (11) 3 (50) 80 (47) 10 (6) 90 (53)
Total 75 (87) 11 (13) 41 (93) 3 (7) 13 (81) 3 (19) 16 (89) 2 (11) 6 (100) 151 (89) 19 (11) 170 (100)