Published on in Vol 13 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/70297, first published .
Long-Term Usage of Breeze, a Gamified Breathing Training App, and Its Effect on Momentary Relaxation in People With Cancer: Cohort Study

Long-Term Usage of Breeze, a Gamified Breathing Training App, and Its Effect on Momentary Relaxation in People With Cancer: Cohort Study

Long-Term Usage of Breeze, a Gamified Breathing Training App, and Its Effect on Momentary Relaxation in People With Cancer: Cohort Study

Anja Yvonne Bischof   1 * , PhD ;   Tobias Budig   2, 3 * , BSc ;   Sonja Schläpfer   4 , PhD ;   Yanick Xavier Lukic   1, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Fabian Schneider   7 , BSc ;   Prabhakaran Santhanam   8 , MSc ;   Jürgen Barth   4 , PhD ;   Claudia M Witt   4 , Prof Dr Med, MBA ;   Tobias Kowatsch   1, 2, 3 , Prof Dr

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

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

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

4 Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

5 School of Engineering, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

6 Codeklang GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

7 Byldr GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

8 Datahouse AG, Zurich, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Tobias Kowatsch, Prof Dr
  • Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics
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