Can self-monitoring mobile health apps reduce sedentary behavior? A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether the self-monitoring interventions of a mobile health app reduce sedentary behavior in the short and long terms.

Method

We designed a double-blind randomized control trial. Participants were selected from among the staff of a medical institution and registrants of an online research firm. Forty-nine participants were randomly assigned to either a control group (n = 25) or an intervention group (n = 24). The control group was given only the latest information about sedentary behavior, and the intervention was provided real-time feedback for self-monitoring in addition to the information. These interventions provided for 5 weeks (to measure the short-term effect) and 13 weeks (to measure the long-term effect) via the smartphone app. Measurements wer

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448798 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature