Effectiveness of an Activity Tracker- and Internet-Based Adaptive Walking Program for Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of physical activity are well documented, but scalable programs to promote activity are needed. Interventions that assign tailored and dynamically adjusting goals could effect significant increases in physical activity but have not yet been implemented at scale.

Objective

Our aim was to examine the effectiveness of an open access, Internet-based walking program that assigns daily step goals tailored to each participant.

Methods

A two-arm, pragmatic randomized controlled trial compared the intervention to no treatment. Participants were recruited from a workplace setting and randomized to a no-treatment control (n=133) or to treatment (n=132). Treatment participants received a free wireless activity tracker and enrolled in the walking program, W

SUBMITTER: Poirier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4764789 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature