Smartphone app-based interventions on physical activity behaviors and psychological correlates in healthy young adults: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The issue of low physical activity (PA) levels among the youth is a longstanding concern. Smartphone applications offer a promising avenue for delivering interventions that are both accessible and engaging. Up to now, there appears to be a gap in the literature, with no systematic reviews assessing the efficacy of smartphone apps in encouraging increased physical activity among healthy young adults.

Objective

To synthesize the effects of a smartphone app-based intervention on PA and PA-related psychological correlates in healthy young adults (18-35 years old).

Methods

A search was conducted on eighteen databases: PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Article First, Biomed Centra

SUBMITTER: He Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997080 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature