Combining users' needs with health behavior models in designing an internet- and mobile-based intervention for physical activity in cardiac rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internet-based physical activity interventions have great potential in supporting patients in cardiac rehabilitation. Health behavior change theories and user input are identified as important contributors in the effectiveness of the interventions, but they are rarely combined in a systematic way in the design of the interventions.

Objective

The aim of this study is to identify the appropriate theoretical framework, along with the needs of the users of a physical activity intervention for cardiac rehabilitation, and to combine them into an effective Internet- and mobile-based intervention.

Methods

We explain the theoretical framework of the intervention in a narrative overview of the existing health behavior change literature as it applies to physical activ

SUBMITTER: Antypas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3913925 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature