2022
DOI: 10.1002/hpja.671
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Biological age calculators to motivate lifestyle change: Environmental scan of online tools and evaluation of behaviour change techniques

Abstract: Objective: "Biological age" calculators are widely used as a way of communicating health risk. This study evaluated the behaviour change techniques (BCTs) within such tools, underlying algorithm differences and suitability for people with varying health literacy. Methods: Two authors entered terms into Google (eg, biological/heart age) and recorded the first 50 results. A standard patient profile was entered into eligible biological age calculators. Evaluation was based on Michie et al's BCT taxonomy and a rea… Show more

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“…Depending on this study's objectives, several environmental scanning methodologies are used including primary and secondary data (27). Environmental scanning approaches have recently been used in higher education (28), healthcare (9), SCM (27), lifestyle changes (29), pharmaceutical (30) and a few other disciplines.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Depending on this study's objectives, several environmental scanning methodologies are used including primary and secondary data (27). Environmental scanning approaches have recently been used in higher education (28), healthcare (9), SCM (27), lifestyle changes (29), pharmaceutical (30) and a few other disciplines.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%