Development and Evaluation of a Smartphone-Based Chatbot Coach to Facilitate a Balanced Lifestyle in Individuals With Headaches (BalanceUP App): Randomized Controlled Trial

Sandra Ulrich   ¹ , MSc ;   Andreas R Gantenbein   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   Viktor Zuber   ¹ , BSc ;   Agnes Von Wyl   ¹ , PhD ;   Tobias Kowatsch   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , PhD ;   Hansjörg Künzli   ^{1 *} , LicPhil

¹ School of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland

² Pain and Research Unit, ZURZACH Care, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland

³ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

⁴ Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

⁵ School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

⁶ Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally