Conception and realization of an EMA-assisted mHealth application for daily measurements of stress

Nowadays, many people have to cope with a high stress level. Current trends on the market for mobile applications show significant increases in amount of mHealth apps targeting many different groups and issues. The development of smart devices in the last years holds potential benefits for end users as well as companies and research institutes. Ulm University therefore develops different platforms for specific chronic disorders or specific life situations, one of them aiming at stress measurements - TrackYourStress. The goal of this thesis was to increase the reach of the TrackYourStress platform. Besides the existing website [1], a mobile application that is intuitive and user-friendly has been developed now as well. This paper presents the architecture and design decisions that have been made throughout the development process.