[HTML][HTML] Effect and process evaluation of a smartphone app to promote an active lifestyle in lower educated working young adults: cluster randomized controlled trial

D Simons, I De Bourdeaudhuij, P Clarys… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2018 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Mobile technologies have great potential to promote an active lifestyle in lower
educated working young adults, an underresearched target group at a high risk of low …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone app to promote an active lifestyle in lower-educated working young adults: development, usability, acceptability, and feasibility study

D Simons, I De Bourdeaudhuij, P Clarys… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2018 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Physical activity (PA) levels are problematic in lower-educated working young
adults (18-26 years). To promote PA, smartphone apps have great potential, but there is no …

[HTML][HTML] Features and components preferred by adolescents in smartphone apps for the promotion of physical activity: focus group study

A Domin, Y Ouzzahra, C Vögele - JMIR Human Factors, 2022 - humanfactors.jmir.org
Background: There is solid evidence that lack of physical activity (PA) is a risk factor for
chronic diseases. Sufficient levels of PA in childhood and adolescence are particularly …

[HTML][HTML] The use and effects of an app-based physical activity intervention “Active2Gether” in young adults: quasi-experimental trial

A Middelweerd, J Mollee, MMCA Klein… - JMIR Formative …, 2020 - formative.jmir.org
Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) is highly prevalent and associated with
adverse health conditions and the risk of noncommunicable diseases. To increase levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and effectiveness of mobile health technologies for facilitating physical activity in adolescents: scoping review

AM Lee, S Chavez, J Bian, LA Thompson… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Increasing physical activity (PA) levels in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years is
associated with prevention of unhealthy weight gain and improvement in cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] Engagement features in physical activity smartphone apps: focus group study with sedentary people

M D'Addario, D Baretta, F Zanatta, A Greco… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2020 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Engagement with physical activity mobile apps has been reported to be a core
precondition for their effectiveness in digital behavior change interventions. However, to …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring users' experiences of the uptake and adoption of physical activity apps: Longitudinal qualitative study

D Baretta, O Perski, P Steca - JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Although smartphone apps might support physical activity (PA), engagement
with them tends to be low. Objective: This study aimed to examine potential users' needs …

[HTML][HTML] User perception of a smartphone app to promote physical activity through active transportation: inductive qualitative content analysis within the smart city …

AK Lindqvist, S Rutberg, E Söderström… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2020 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Physical inactivity is globally recognized as a major risk factor for morbidity,
particularly the incidence of noncommunicable diseases. Increasing physical activity (PA) is …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphone-based interventions for physical activity promotion: scoping review of the evidence over the last 10 years

A Domin, D Spruijt-Metz, D Theisen… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Several reviews of mobile health (mHealth) physical activity (PA) interventions
suggest their beneficial effects on behavior change in adolescents and adults. Owing to the …

[HTML][HTML] Use patterns of smartphone apps and wearable devices supporting physical activity and exercise: large-scale cross-sectional survey

T Oba, K Takano, K Katahira… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2023 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Physical inactivity is a global health issue, and mobile health (mHealth) apps
are expected to play an important role in promoting physical activity. Empirical studies have …