Nokia Wellness Diary (Beta)

Description:

The Nokia Wellness Diary (Beta) is a mobile application for self-monitoring your health and wellness. The app is made for the Nokia Symbian Series 60 (S60) mobile phone platform; check the website for information on which handsets are compatible. With the Wellness Diary you can monitor a range of parameters such as your sleep, weight, food intake, exercise, etc. Wellness Diary is designed to make daily self-monitoring of your physical wellbeing easy, with automatic functions and reminders, and graphical displays of your progress. The aim is to help you build healthy habits into your daily routine. In the near future the app will have the capability of sharing your progress data via social networking applications.

Service URL:

http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/wellness-diary-beta

Agency Responsible:

Nokia Beta Labs.

Mobile Platform:

Other.

Details

Format:

Smartphone Application. Check the website for information on which handsets are compatible

Intervention Type:

Psychological – CBT. Behavioural change management

Course Structure:

No Set Course.

Course Length:

Other. You can use it to monitor a range of parameters throughout the day

Support Option:

Automated only.

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Physical Health. And wellness

Target Audience:

Adult.

Language:

English.

Access

Mobile platforms:

Other:

Nokia store

Fee:

Free.

Access:

Open: With registration. Need to register for a free account with Nokia on the website

Contact Details:

via an online form

Research evidence

Research Trials:

2

Research RCTs:

0

Outcome Summary:

The Nokia Wellness Dairy has been studied in two trials with adults aged 30 to 60. Both younger and older adults found the application to be simple and easy to use. Subjects felt that the Wellness Diary helped them manage their weight, be more physically active and monitor their eating habits. Among the older participants, about half lost on average 3.2% of their weight over 3 months. These preliminary results indicate that the application might be effective in improving physical wellbeing. However, the Wellness Diary has not been compared to a no-intervention control in any published trial, so further research is required.

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Research paper citations

Evaluation evidence studies:

Mattila, E., Pärkkä, J., Hermersdorf, M., Kaasinen, J., Vainio, J., Samposalo, K., Merilahti, J., Kolari, J., Kulju, M., Lappalainen, R., & Korhonen, I. (2008). Mobile diary for wellness management--results on usage and usability in two user studies. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 12(4), 501-512.

Additional References:

Mattila, E., Korhonen, I., Salminen, J. H., Ahtinen, A., Koskinen, E., Särelä, A., Pärkkä, J., & Lappalainen, R. (2010). Empowering citizens for well-being and chronic disease management with wellness diary. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 14(2), 456-463.

Ahtinen, A. (2009). User Experiences of Mobile Wellness Applications in Health Promotion. Occupational Health, 1-8.

Ahtinen, A., Ramiah, S., Blom, J., & Isomursu, M. (2008). Design of mobile wellness applications: identifying cross-cultural factors. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat (OZCHI '08).