The effectiveness of a motivational enhancement smartphone application promoting lifestyle improvement for brain health: A randomized controlled trial

Hyun Woong Roh; Hankyel Ryu; Sooin Jeong; Jieun Han; Bumhee Park; So Young Moon; Seong Hey Choi; Sang Joon Son; Chang Hyung Hong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0267806

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The effectiveness of a motivational enhancement smartphone application promoting lifestyle improvement for brain health: A randomized controlled trial

Hyun Woong Roh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hyun Woong Roh, Hankyel Ryu

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Hankyel Ryu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hyun Woong Roh, Hankyel Ryu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Sooin Jeong,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Jieun Han,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Bumhee Park,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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So Young Moon,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Seong Hey Choi,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Sang Joon Son,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Chang Hyung Hong

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: antiaging@ajou.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3258-7611

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The effectiveness of a motivational enhancement smartphone application promoting lifestyle improvement for brain health: A randomized controlled trial

Hyun Woong Roh,
Hankyel Ryu,
Sooin Jeong,
Jieun Han,
Bumhee Park,
So Young Moon,
Seong Hey Choi,
Sang Joon Son,
Chang Hyung Hong

Published: June 30, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267806

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