Towards multimodal boosting of motivation for fall-preventive physical activity in seniors: An iterative development evaluation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many seniors need to increase their physical activity (PA) and participation in fall prevention exercise. Therefore, digital systems have been developed to support fall-preventive PA. Most of them lack video coaching and PA monitoring, two functionalities that may be relevant for increasing PA.

Objective

To develop a prototype of a system to support seniors' fall-preventive PA, which includes also video coaching and PA monitoring, and to evaluate its feasibility and user experience.

Methods

A system prototype was conceived by integrating applications for step-monitoring, behavioural change support, personal calendar, video-coaching and a cloud service for data management and co-ordination. Its feasibility and user experience were evaluated in three consecut

SUBMITTER: Revenas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10328051 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature