The app supports people in the prevention and self-management of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and sleep disorders in everyday life and motivates them to reduce influenceable risk factors.

The app is aimed at people who...

• suffer from high blood pressure and/or
• suffer from type 2 diabetes and/or
• suffer from sleep disorders and/or
• have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and/or type 2 diabetes, and/or
• Want to prevent cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes

The app is not suitable for people:

• Pregnancy: Do not use the app if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant.
• Minority: Do not use the app if you are under 18.
• Insufficient language skills: Do not use the app if you do not understand anything in the instructions, guidance and recommendations or if you do not have sufficient knowledge of the language in which Pathmate Coach is offered.
• Significantly impaired vision: Do not use the app if you cannot read anything in the instructions, guides and recommendations.
• Do not apply the sleep restriction (bedtime reduction) in the sleep module if any of the following contraindications are present:
• Epilepsy
• Bipolar disorder
• Untreated hypersomnolence

No, Manoa is not a real human coach, but a chatbot. A chatbot (chat + robot) is an automated and text-based dialogue system. Our chatbot Manoa tries (similar to a real coach) to respond to your needs and habits in the dialogue, which can give the impression that it is a real human conversation partner; however, this is not the case at any time.

In order to use Manoa, you need an access code. You will receive an access code from one of our partner insurers or companies.

Quality and safety are also very important to us. As a Pathmate Coach, Manoa is a registered medical device class I and thus fulfils the requirements for quality and safety according to the directives 93/42/EEC of the European Parliament and the Council.

All the data you enter is encrypted and stored on your smartphone. The transfer of data between the app and our server system is also encrypted. Our server systems are secured according to current security standards and are only operated by certified Pathmate partners. More detailed information on this can be found in our privacy policy.

We collect your data so that the app can provide you with personalised feedback and to improve your user experience. We also create usage analytics to determine which features are most useful, but we do not look at individual users, only aggregated and anonymised data, and your personal data is not shared with third parties. You can find all the information about this in our app privacy policy.

Yes, once you have measured your blood pressure, you can either record the values manually or take a photo of the values with your smartphone. Our blood pressure scanner directly recognises the required values and transfers them to the app. In the future, we also want to enable an automated transfer of existing values from Google Fit, Apple Health or via the interfaces of the manufacturers.

To use the app, you need a mobile internet connection (3G or better) or a stable WLAN.

You can use the app on a smartphone with one of the following operating systems:

• iOS Version 12.3 or higher
• Android Version 8.0 or higher

You can easily export your blood pressure and blood sugar data as a PDF at any time and send it via your personal email address.

The app is developed by Pathmate, a team of behavioural psychologists and computer scientists. To develop the app, Pathmate is working with medical experts from the Hypertension Centre of the Hannover Medical School (MHH). The app is scientifically accompanied and evaluated by the MHH. You can find more information about Pathmate here.

When creating the content, we work together with medical experts and ensure that our information is always based on the latest medical guidelines. Our content is regularly and systematically checked for accuracy and timeliness.

As a Pathmate Coach, the app is a registered medical device class I and thus fulfils the requirements for content quality and safety according to the directives 93/42/EEC of the European Parliament and the Council.

The app has also been certified by the German Hypertension League.

Answer the questions carefully and correctly. This is for your safety. The information, targets and recommendations that the app gives you are partly based on the answers you give. For more details on how to use the app, please refer to the user guide.

Yes, we support connectivity to Apple Health, Google Fit and Fitbit.