User Models for Personalized Physical Activity Interventions: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fitness devices have spurred the development of apps that aim to motivate users, through interventions, to increase their physical activity (PA). Personalization in the interventions is essential as the target users are diverse with respect to their activity levels, requirements, preferences, and behavior.

Objective

This review aimed to (1) identify different kinds of personalization in interventions for promoting PA among any type of user group, (2) identify user models used for providing personalization, and (3) identify gaps in the current literature and suggest future research directions.

Methods

A scoping review was undertaken by searching the databases PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The main inclusion criteria were (1) studies that aime

SUBMITTER: Ghanvatkar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352015 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature