Digital Nudging Strategies for Behaviour Change in Lifestyle Medicine: A Scoping Evaluate

Abstract

Digital nudging has emerged as a promising technique for selling health-related behaviour change throughout the context of Lifestyle Medicine (LM). This scoping overview systematically mapped the present proof on digital nudging interventions throughout pillars of LM, together with vitamin, bodily exercise (PA), mind-body well being, sleep, and dependancy. A complete of 52 research have been included, masking a spread of applied sciences, akin to cell apps, web-based platforms, augmented actuality, chatbots, and voice-activated methods. These applied sciences served as platforms or mechanisms for delivering digital nudges relatively than constituting distinct nudging classes. Through thematic evaluation, digital nudging interventions have been categorised into 4 varieties: (i) one-way nudging, (ii) nudging by system interactions, (iii) nudging by way of peer interplay, and (iv) self-nudging.

Nutrition and bodily exercise have been essentially the most continuously focused LM domains, accounting for greater than three-quarters of the research. The overview highlights the potential of digital nudges to drive behaviour change, significantly when built-in with Artificial Intelligence (AI) or superior applied sciences. However, gaps stay, together with short-term examine designs, restricted range in participant populations, and underrepresentation of sure LM pillars. Future analysis ought to prioritise long-term research with broader and extra various populations. Enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to advancing the design and implementation of efficient digital nudging methods in way of life drugs.