Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66885, first published .
Toward a Smartphone-Based and Conversational Agent–Delivered Just-in-Time Adaptive Holistic Lifestyle Intervention for Older Adults Affected by Cognitive Decline: Two-Week Proof-of-Concept Study

Toward a Smartphone-Based and Conversational Agent–Delivered Just-in-Time Adaptive Holistic Lifestyle Intervention for Older Adults Affected by Cognitive Decline: Two-Week Proof-of-Concept Study

Toward a Smartphone-Based and Conversational Agent–Delivered Just-in-Time Adaptive Holistic Lifestyle Intervention for Older Adults Affected by Cognitive Decline: Two-Week Proof-of-Concept Study

Esther Brill   1 * , PhD ;   Rasita Vinay   2, 3, 4 * , PhD ;   Marcia Nißen   3, 4, 5 * , PhD ;   Priyam Joshi   6 , MPH ;   Stefan Klöppel   1 * , MD ;   Tobias Kowatsch   3, 4, 5 * , PhD

1 University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

3 School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

4 Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

5 Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

6 Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Rasita Vinay, PhD
  • Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics
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