Feasibility of using activity trackers and apps to increase physical activity in whole families: The Step it Up Family intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the feasibility of an activity tracker and app intervention to increase physical activity in whole families.

Methods

This was a single-arm feasibility study with pre-post-intervention measures. Between 2017 and 2018, 40 families (58 children aged 6-10 years, 39 mothers, 33 fathers) participated in the 6-week Step it Up Family programme in Queensland, Australia. It was delivered using Garmin activity trackers and apps, weekly motivational text messages and an introductory session. Online surveys and semi-structured interviews conducted with parents assessed intervention usage, acceptability, usability, perceived usefulness, use of physical activity self-management strategies and programme influence. Analyses included descriptive statistics

SUBMITTER: Schoeppe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9548676 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature