An mHealth application for a personalized monitoring of one’s own wellness: Design and development

Abstract

Behavior and lifestyle are the key determinants of health, disease, disability and premature mortality. There is important evidence that demonstrates that unhealthy behaviors increase the risk of the onset of many diseases and therefore could be considered among the causes of the disease itself. The ambition of this app is to provide people with something similar to a personal trainer, an application that, after collecting a range of information on the individual, is able to classify her/him based on her/his individual characteristics (physical parameters and lifestyle) and then to propose specific recommendations to improve her/his well-being. By monitoring the evolution over time of these individual characteristics, the application can also give feedback on the effectiveness of the measures and therefore provide positive stimuli to motivate the user to continue the path taken.