Allison N Kurti, Danielle R Davis, Ryan Redner, Brantley P Jarvis, Ivori Zvorsky, Diana R Keith, Hypatia A Bolivar, Thomas J White, Peter Rippberger, Catherine Markesich, Gary Atwood, Stephen T Higgins
Use of technology (e.g., Internet, cell phones) to allow remote implementation of incentives interventions for health-related behavior change is growing. To our knowledge, there has yet to be a systematic review of this literature reported. The present report provides a systematic review of the controlled studies where technology was used to remotely implement financial incentive interventions targeting substance use and other health behaviors published between 2004 and 2015. For inclusion in the review, studies had to use technology to remotely accomplish one of the following two aims alone or in combination: (a) monitor the target behavior, or (b) deliver incentives for achieving the target goal...
June 2016: Translational Issues in Psychological Science