Nudges as Behavior Change Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being. Protocol for a scoping review (JMIR Preprint)

Abstract

Our objective is to map and summarize the evidence on nudges that assess behavior change interventions to improve health and well-being. Design: This is the protocol for a scoping review. Data source: a comprehensive search will be conducted on Cochrane database of systematic reviews (CDSR); Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE); HTA Database; PubMed; LILACS; CINAHL; PsyclNFO; EMBASE; EPPI-Centre Evidence Library; WHO institutional Repository for information Sharing; NICE public health guidelines and systematic reviews; through an advanced search in the Epistemonikos platform. The search will cover the period until the day before this protocol is submitted to a journal. Eligibility criteria for study selection and methods. Only systematic reviews (SR) will be included, which are operationally defined as any secondary research that includes only primary clinical studies, with the above search strategy applied in at least two databases that have assessed the use of nudges related to health, including SR of broader scope. Primary studies, clinical practice guides, abstracts and other evidence summary designs will be excluded. The electronic search results will be added according to the inclusion criteria. This manuscript will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR).