randomized control trial

Researchers conducted a study comparing traditional care with the digital intervention from Joint Academy to find outcome differences for knee osteoarthritis.
Digital osteoarthritis treatment program yields better results than traditional care
By Mallory Hackett | 01:36 pm | February 23, 2021
Digitally treating osteoarthritis through clinical, evidence-based programs can be more effective at reducing pain and improving physical function than routine self-managed care, according to research from JAMA Network Open.
Study: There's still very little evidence that health apps work
By Jonah Comstock | 03:30 pm | May 09, 2018
A new overview of systematic reviews of published randomized control trials of mobile health apps found just 23 RCTs of currently-available apps have been conducted, and less than half of those showed a positive health effect from the app in question.
Cigna shares some data from its wearable device randomized control trial
By Aditi Pai | 12:43 pm | September 22, 2015
Some 80 percent of people were more motivated to manage their health after using an activity tracker, according to a randomized control trial from March 2014 of 600 patients who are pre-diabetic and morbidly obese.
Randomized trial finds SmartQuit app 60 percent more effective than NCI's smoking cessation app
By Aditi Pai | 07:49 am | November 11, 2014
Seattle-based behavior change company 2Morrow has launched an app, called SmartQuit, that aims to help smokers quit.