Theme

Digital Therapeutics and Preventive Digital Health Interventions in Digital Life

As digital devices and online environments become deeply embedded in everyday life, digital technologies are increasingly expected not only to treat health problems after they occur, but also to detect early signs in daily contexts, encourage behavioral change, and support prevention. This special issue welcomes studies on digital therapeutics and preventive digital health interventions using VR/AR, wearables, sensors, AI, mobile applications, and remote support. It aims to discuss new forms of digital life that promote physical, psychological, and social well-being, together with issues related to design, evaluation, implementation, and ethics.

Research areas expected to be covered

• Digital therapeutics, therapeutic applications, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), and programmable medical devices

• Preventive digital health interventions, behavior change support, and health promotion

• Health support, therapeutic support, rehabilitation, and behavior change interventions using VR/AR/MR/XR technologies

• Assessment and preventive support for visual health, including dry eye, digital eye strain, blink frequency, blink completeness, gaze behavior, and tear film stability

• Physiological and behavioral monitoring and feedback using wearables, sensors, IoT devices, smartphones, and related technologies

• AI- and machine learning-based personalized interventions, adaptive support, and just-in-time interventions

• Support for exercise, sleep, posture, lifestyle improvement, and medication/treatment adherence

• Mental health, stress management, and well-being support

• Usability, UX/HCI, accessibility, and engagement design

• Clinical evaluation, empirical studies, social implementation, ethics, privacy, and regulation of digital health interventions

Submission Guidelines

Please refer to the following URL for submission guidelines before submitting your paper to the special issue. The format of the paper can also be downloaded from this page.

	Article	Technical Article	Review Article
Students	100,000yen	10,000yen/page	100,000yen
Editorial Board Member or Alliance Partner	135,000yen	16,000yen/page	135,000yen
Others	150,000yen	20,000yen/page	150,000yen