Active Use and Engagement in an mHealth Initiative Among Young Men With Obesity: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of mobile health (mHealth) approaches that employ wearable technology to promote physical activity have been the subject of concern due to the declining active use observed in trial settings.

Objective

To better contextualize active use, this study aimed to identify the barriers and enablers to engagement in a tracker-based mHealth initiative among young men who had recently completed a 19-week residential weight loss program.

Methods

A mixed methods study was conducted among 167 young men who had voluntarily enrolled in the national steps challenge (NSC), an mHealth physical activity promotion initiative, following a residential weight loss intervention. A subsample of 29 enrollees with a body mass index of 29.6 (SD 3.1) participated in s

SUBMITTER: Gorny AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8826145 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature