Mobile Phone-Based Persuasive Technology for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review

Aldenaini, Noora; Oyebode, Oladapo; Orji, Rita; Sampalli, Srinivas

doi:10.3389/fcomp.2020.00019

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“…In contrast, our work is entirely data-driven, analyzing the outcomes of 12 years of related literature to unveil inclusive design and evaluation recommendations. On a similar note, Matthews et al [34] and Aldenaini et al [2] published systematic reviews assessing the effectiveness of mobile-application-based interventions in motivating physical activity identifying novel research directions. However, they neither assess the effectiveness of individual persuasive strategies nor personalize their recommendations to specific user groups.…”

Section: St Reviews and Meta-analyses: Design Space Limitations And O...mentioning

confidence: 96%

12 Years of Self-tracking for Promoting Physical Activity from a User Diversity Perspective: Taking Stock & Thinking Ahead

Yfantidou

Sermpezis

Vakali

2022

Adjunct Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization

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Despite the indisputable personal and societal benefits of regular physical activity, a large portion of the population does not follow the recommended guidelines, harming their health and wellness. The World Health Organization has called upon governments, practitioners, and researchers to accelerate action to address the global prevalence of physical inactivity. To this end, an emerging wave of research in ubiquitous computing has been exploring the potential of interactive self-tracking technology in encouraging positive health behavior change. Numerous findings indicate the benefits of personalization and inclusive design regarding increasing the motivational appeal and overall effectiveness of behavior change systems, with the ultimate goal of empowering and facilitating people to achieve their goals. However, most interventions still adopt a "one-size-fits-all" approach to their design, assuming equal effectiveness for all system features in spite of individual and collective user differences. To this end, we analyze a corpus of 12 years of research in self-tracking technology for health behavior change, focusing on physical activity, to identify those design elements that have proven most effective in inciting desirable behavior across diverse population segments. We then provide actionable recommendations for designing and evaluating behavior change self-tracking technology based on age, gender, occupation, fitness, and health condition. Finally, we engage in a critical commentary on the diversity of the domain and discuss ethical concerns surrounding tailored interventions and directions for moving forward.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Ubiquitous and mobile computing systems and tools; HCI design and evaluation methods; HCI theory, concepts and models; • Applied computing → Consumer health.

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Section: St Reviews and Meta-analyses: Design Space Limitations And O...mentioning

confidence: 96%

12 Years of Self-tracking for Promoting Physical Activity from a User Diversity Perspective: Taking Stock & Thinking Ahead

Yfantidou

Sermpezis

Vakali

2022

Adjunct Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization

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“…Especially interventions using mobile phones and wearables, are efficacious for increasing PA and decreasing SB in different target groups (Lewis et al, 2017 ; Aldenaini et al, 2020 ). According to a recent review 79% of mobile phone-based studies reported successful outcomes and show to be especially effective in young adults (Aldenaini et al, 2020 ). Recently mobile technology has been growing dramatically as gaming devices, and mobile esports games have gained popularity (Newzoo, 2019 ).…”

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Physical Activity and Health Promotion in Esports and Gaming–Discussing Unique Opportunities for an Unprecedented Cultural Phenomenon

Ketelhut

Martin-Niedecken

Zimmermann

et al. 2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Due to long periods of sedentary behavior, and unhealthy diets gamers and esports players are at risk for numerous chronic diseases and all-cause mortality. Health research has started addressing the public health implications of the esports phenomenon, drawing a bleak picture of this megatrend. However, instead of just highlighting adverse public health implications of this trend, it is recommended to become involved in this phenomenon and positively influence it. Esports has an enormous potential for physical activity and health-promoting efforts, provides a context for broadly disseminating interventions, and offers new ways of gaining access to an often-neglected population. This paper presents: the potential of the esports phenomenon to promote physical activity, health, and well-being in gamers and esports players; the strategic and preventive solutions to ameliorate esports possible adverse health impacts; and the utilization of esports technology (streams, media platforms, exergames, etc.) as an innovative health promotion tool, especially reaching gamers and esports players with attractive and interactive interventions. This is to encourage systematic scientific research so that evidence-based guidelines and intervention strategies involving regular physical activity, healthy diet, and sleep hygiene for esports will be developed. The goal is to promote public health approaches that move toward a better integration of esports and gaming.

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“…Also, due to the subject's multidisciplinarity, multiple reviews from different domains (e.g., medicine, psychology) seem to neglect recommendations for designing and evaluating ST technology, thus failing to bridge the gap between theoretical foundations and practice [94,163]. Finally, some reviews that explore the design space for HBC [3,4,67,93,110,146] offer insights for extended explorations targeted by our work.…”

Section: Limitations and Open Questions In St Technology Research For...mentioning

confidence: 99%

14 Years of Self-Tracking Technology for mHealth -- Literature Review: Lessons Learnt and the PAST SELF Framework

Yfantidou¹,

Sermpezis²,

Vakali³

2021

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In today's connected society, many people rely on mHealth and self-tracking (ST) technology to help them break their sedentary lifestyle and stay fit. However, there is scarce evidence of such technological interventions' effectiveness, and there are no standardized methods to evaluate the short-and long-term impact of such technologies on people's physical activity and health. This work aims to help ST and HCI practitioners and researchers by empowering them with systematic guidelines and an extensible framework for constructing such technological interventions. This survey and the proposed design and evaluation framework aim to contribute to health behavior change and user engagement sustainability. To this end, we conduct a literature review of 117 papers between 2008 and 2020, which identifies the core ST HCI design methods and their efficacy, as well as and the most comprehensive list to date of user engagement evaluation metrics for ST. Based on the review's findings, we propose the PAST SELF end-to-end framework to facilitate the classification, design, and evaluation of ST technology. PAST SELF systematically organizes common methods and guidelines from existing works in ubiquitous ST research. Hence, it has potential applications in industrial and scientific settings and can be utilized by practitioners and researchers alike. CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → HCI design and evaluation methods; Ubiquitous and mobile computing design and evaluation methods; • General and reference → Surveys and overviews; • Applied computing → Consumer health.

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Mobile Phone-Based Persuasive Technology for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

12 Years of Self-tracking for Promoting Physical Activity from a User Diversity Perspective: Taking Stock & Thinking Ahead

12 Years of Self-tracking for Promoting Physical Activity from a User Diversity Perspective: Taking Stock & Thinking Ahead

Physical Activity and Health Promotion in Esports and Gaming–Discussing Unique Opportunities for an Unprecedented Cultural Phenomenon

14 Years of Self-Tracking Technology for mHealth -- Literature Review: Lessons Learnt and the PAST SELF Framework

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