Effectiveness of an mHealth App That Uses Financial Incentives and Gamification to Promote Health Behavior Change in Adolescents and Caregivers: Protocol for a Clinic-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent and adult obesity continues to be a public health epidemic in the United States. Despite the popularity of mHealth apps with gamification among adolescents, there are insufficient studies to evaluate the efficacy of gamified mHealth apps and financial incentives to motivate sustained health behavior change in adolescents or their adult caregivers.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of gamification techniques and financial incentives used in the novel "CommitFit" mHealth app to motivate health behavior change and improve various mental and physical health metrics in adolescents and their caregivers.

Methods

This study is a 3-month randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 30 adolescents (aged 13-15 years) and their adult caregive

SUBMITTER: Braddock A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11422729 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature