Possible Impact of a 12-Month Web- and Smartphone-Based Program to Improve Long-term Physical Activity in Patients Attending Spa Therapy: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors are leading risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Web- and smartphone-based interventions are effective in increasing PA in older adults and in patients with NCD. In many countries, spa therapy, commonly prescribed to patients with NCD, represents an ideal context to initiating lifestyle changes.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate, in patients attending spa therapy, the effectiveness of an intervention combining a face-to-face coaching and, when returning home, a web- and smartphone-based PA program on the achievement of PA guidelines (PAG) 12 months after the end of spa therapy.

Methods

This was a 12-month, prospective, parallel-group randomized controlled trial. Patients were enrolled

SUBMITTER: Fillol F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247816 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature