Design of a Temporally Augmented Text Messaging Bot to Improve Adolescents' Physical Activity and Engagement: Proof-of-Concept Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital interventions hold promise for improving physical activity in adolescents. However, a lack of empirical decision points (eg, timing of intervention prompts) is an evidence gap in the optimization of digital physical activity interventions.

Objective

The study examined the feasibility and acceptability, as well as the technical and functional reliability, of and participant engagement with a digital intervention that aligned its decision points to occur during times when adolescents typically exercise. This study also explored the impact of the intervention on adolescents' moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels. Consistent with the Obesity-Related Behavioral Interventions Trials (ORBIT) model, the primary goal of the study was to identify oppo

SUBMITTER: Ortega A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11502983 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature