Feasibility and usability of a ChatGPT-based app to support physical activity: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

FysBot is a ChatGPT-based mobile app developed to promote physical activity among adults living with obesity. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and usability of FysBot.

Methods

A 6-week single-arm pilot study was conducted in which patients from an obesity rehabilitation clinic in Norway used FysBot. This pilot study employed an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design combining questionnaires and post-intervention interviews. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline and weeks 2, 4, and 6, assessing leisure-time physical activity (Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GODIN)), motivation (Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 and relative autonomy index (RAI)), Self-Efficacy for Exercise (SEE), and System Usability Sca

SUBMITTER: Larbi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12855731 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature