Video-based smartphone app ('VIDEA bewegt') for physical activity support in German adults: a study protocol for a single-armed observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Insufficient physical activity is one of the most important risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Physical activity should therefore be intensively promoted in all age groups. Several trials suggest that it can be effectively increased through smartphone interventions.However, few of the smartphone-interventions available on the market have been scientifically evaluated. Therefore, the described study aims to assess the short-term and long-term effects of the smartphone intervention 'VIDEA bewegt' to increase physical activity. The trial is designed as a single-armed observational trial to assess effects under real-life conditions.

Methods and analysis

The intervention consists of the smartphone-application 'VIDEA bewegt', which is a video-based preventati

SUBMITTER: Fischer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170646 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature