App-based interventions have the potential to improve health care situation as they entail several advantages such as increased accessibility, independence of time and location, as well as lower thresholds for accessing the health care systems. However, many existing apps do not take full advantage of technology, do not consider usability, are not sufficiently theoretically founded and do not tailor the intervention to the individual. In collaboration with the Inselspital Bern, this project aims at developing and implementing two personalized, parent-centered, guided app-based interventions to target parental behaviors related to nutrition, physical activity, and smoking. The primary endpoints are risk factors associated with asthma or obesity in children. The efficacy of the apps will be evaluated in two randomized controlled trials. Moreover, acceptance and usability of the apps will be investigated.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Kopp (Inselspital Bern) & Prof. Dr. med. Michael Kaess (UPD Bern)
Project manager: PD Dr Andrea Wyssen
https://kinderklinik.insel.ch/de/lehre-und-forschung/forschung/elipse