Background Integrating stakeholder involvement in complex health intervention design
maximizes acceptability and potential effectiveness. However, there is little methodological …

Background: Worldwide, the population is aging rapidly; therefore, there is a growing
interest in strategies to support and maintain health and well-being in later life. Although …

Background Interest in electronic health (eHealth) technologies to screen for and treat a
variety of medical and mental health problems is growing exponentially. However, no …

Background There are considerable inter-individual differences in the direction and degree
of change in physical activity (PA) levels during the retirement transition. There is currently a …

Background: High rates of sedentary behaviors in older adults can lead to poor health
outcomes. However, new technologies, namely exercise-based videogames (“exergames”) …

The retirement transition is a major life change affecting people's lifestyles and behaviors,
including those in relation to physical activity (PA), which is a key component of active …

Background Interactive web-based physical activity interventions using Web 2.0 features
(eg, social networking) have the potential to improve engagement and effectiveness …

Designing fitness programs to combat a sedentary lifestyle and foster older adults'
motivation and goal-setting is not yet well-understood beyond point-based systems. To …

With more social support and environment-centered interventions being recommended in
web-based interventions, this study examined the efficacy of three intervention conditions …

Gamification technology has served as behaviour change mechanism for increasing the
engagement and motivation of consumers in many areas including health and wellness …