Overcoming Barriers: Adolescents' Experiences Using a Mobile Phone Dietary Assessment App.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of new technology has the potential to increase participation rates in dietary studies and improve the validity of collected dietary data. However, to evaluate the usability of developed dietary methods, qualitative studies of participants' experiences and perceptions are needed.

Objective

To explore adolescents' experiences using a newly developed mobile phone dietary assessment app, with a focus on factors that could affect their recording of dietary intake.

Methods

Focus group interviews were conducted with 75 participants who had used a newly developed mobile phone dietary assessment app in a quantitative evaluation study. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis and the theoretical framework of Self Determination Theory w

SUBMITTER: Svensson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4982910 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature