Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps

E A Edwards; J Lumsden; C Rivas; L Steed; L A Edwards; A Thiyagarajan; R Sohanpal; H Caton; C J Griffiths; M R Munafò; S Taylor; R T Walton

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012447

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Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps

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E A Edwards Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Lumsden School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Rivas Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Steed Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L A Edwards Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Thiyagarajan Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Sohanpal Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H Caton Department of Computing and Information Systems, Kingston University, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C J Griffiths Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M R Munafò School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Taylor Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R T Walton Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Ann Edwards; dr.elizabeth.ann.edwards{at}gmail.com

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Edwards EA, Lumsden J, Rivas C, et al

Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps

BMJ Open 2016;6:e012447. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012447

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Received April 27, 2016
Revised July 26, 2016
Accepted September 8, 2016
First published October 4, 2016.

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October 25, 2017

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