Review protocol published in BMJ Open

I’m happy to share the publication of our review protocol in BMJ Open journal! Thank you to my co-authors for sharing their valuable insights for the review’s methodology. We look forward to sharing the full findings of this review in the coming months.

Just-in-time adaptive interventions for adolescent and young adult health and well-being: protocol for a systematic review

Health behaviours such as exercise and diet strongly influence well-being and disease risk, providing the opportunity for interventions tailored to diverse individual contexts. Precise behaviour interventions are critical during adolescence and young adulthood (ages 10–25), a formative period shaping lifelong well-being. We will conduct a systematic review of just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) for health behaviour and well-being in adolescents and young adults (AYAs). A JITAI is an emerging digital health design that provides precise health support by monitoring and adjusting to individual, specific and evolving contexts in real time. Despite demonstrated potential, no published reviews have explored how JITAIs can dynamically adapt to intersectional health factors of diverse AYAs. We will identify the JITAIs’ distal and proximal outcomes and their tailoring mechanisms, and report their effectiveness. We will also explore studies’ considerations of health equity. This will form a comprehensive assessment of JITAIs and their role in promoting health behaviours of AYAs. We will integrate evidence to guide the development and implementation of precise, effective and equitable digital health interventions for AYAs.

Full citation and link:

Guan, K. W., Adlung, C., Keijsers, L., Smit, C. R., Vreeker, A., Thalassinou, E., van Roekel, E., de Reuver, M., Figueroa, C. A., & PROTECt ME consortium (2024). Just-in-time adaptive interventions for adolescent and young adult health and well-being: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 14(7), e083870. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-083870 | PDF