Preliminary User Evaluation of a Physical Activity Smartphone App for Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mobile health (mHealth) delivered through smartphone apps is a viable means of improving health behaviors. Technologies can be strengthened and made more age-inclusive by involving older adults as co-designers, resulting in more accessible and effective products. This study's purpose is to describe preliminary acceptability and feasibility of a physical activity (PA) app tailored to underactive older people.

Methods

Moving Up is a multi-feature app designed to increase PA and reduce sedentary behaviors in underactive older adults. The suite houses a core activity tracker and three add-on features that target correlates of inactivity: sedentary behavior, stereotypes about aging, and PA knowledge and routines. Three groups of 4-5 older adult smartphone owners

SUBMITTER: Schepens Niemiec SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534291 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature