Smart mHealth Strategy for Physical Activity and Health Promotion

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Conditions studied: Health Behavior Change, Wearable Technology, Chatbot, Social Media, Sedentary Lifestyle

In brief

The purpose of this study is to develop a Smart mHealth Strategy that delivers behavior change techniques through wearable physical activity trackers and social media chatbots, including self-monitoring, real-time feedback and reminders, goal-setting, competition and rewards, social support, and health coaching. This study also aims to explore the effect of the Smart mHealth Strategy on the behavioral outcomes and psychological factors of physical activity, and physical and mental health. The study design is a three-stage randomized controlled trial. In each stage, 120 are recruited and randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Participants are adults with insufficient physical activity and a sedentary lifestyle. The Smart mHealth Strategy uses smartwatches and self-developed chatbots. The constrained dialogue content is designed to finally deliver the six behavior change techniques. Data are collected in the pre-, mid-, and post-tests. The measurement includes self-administered questionnaires, Actigraphy GT9X, Inbody 270S, OMRON HEM-7130, and heart rate variability monitors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06423014

Run by

Taipei Medical University

People needed

360

Starts

2023-05-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-05-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults who is the age of majority, with insufficient physical activity, and a sedentary lifestyle who have smartphones

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals' health conditions may affect physical activity in daily living and the experiment, such as disability, serious health problems
• There are unconventional life plans during the experiment, such as going abroad for vacation, pregnancy, and surgery.
• Individuals have using experiences in any wearable physical activity trackers in the past six months ④ People who have ever had severe allergies to any wearable device ⑤ Professional athletes or student-athletes

Where it is running

• Taipei Medical University — Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)

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