Tracking physical activity using smart phone apps: assessing the ability of a current app and systematically collecting patient recommendations for future development

Autor: David Taylor, Ramin Ramezani, Ivo Vlaev, T. Uttamlal, Jennifer Murphy, Ahmed R. Ahmed, Ara Darzi, P. Purkayastha, Mian Ahmad, Samantha Scholtz, Suzanne I. M. Alsters, Harvinder Chahal, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore, Kelly Ann Schmidtke
Přispěvatelé: National Institute of Health Research
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Cardiovascular
Health informatics
Oral and gastrointestinal
0302 clinical medicine
Physical activity monitoring
030212 general & internal medicine
Cancer
Data Collection
Health Policy
Smartphone app
Middle Aged
Mobile Applications
3. Good health
Computer Science Applications
Stroke
lcsh:R858-859.7
Smartphone
Psychology
Inclusion (education)
Research Article
Information Systems
Adult
Adolescent
Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities
Clinical Sciences
Physical activity
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Health Informatics
lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Clinical Research
Humans
Obesity
Set (psychology)
Exercise
Metabolic and endocrine
Aged
Nutrition
Medical education
Descriptive statistics
business.industry
Prevention
1103 Clinical Sciences
United Kingdom
Good Health and Well Being
Mobile phone
Facilitator
0806 Information Systems
Surgery
Tracking (education)
business
RD
Medical Informatics
Zdroj: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
BMC medical informatics and decision making, vol 20, iss 1
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
ISSN: 1472-6947
Popis: Background Within the United Kingdom’s National Health System (NHS), patients suffering from obesity may be provided with bariatric surgery. After receiving surgery many of these patients require further support to continue to lose more weight or to maintain a healthy weight. Remotely monitoring such patients’ physical activity and other health-related variables could provide healthworkers with a more ‘ecologically valid’ picture of these patients’ behaviours to then provide more personalised support. The current study assesses the feasibility of two smartphone apps to do so. In addition, the study looks at the barriers and facilitators patients experience to using these apps effectively. Methods Participants with a BMI > 35 kg/m2 being considered for and who had previously undergone bariatric surgery were recruited. Participants were asked to install two mobile phone apps. The ‘Moves’ app automatically tracked participants’ physical activity and the ‘WLCompanion’ app prompted participants to set goals and input other health-related information. Then, to learn about participants’ facilitators and barriers to using the apps, some participants were asked to complete a survey informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework. The data were analysed using regressions and descriptive statistics. Results Of the 494 participants originally enrolled, 274 participants data were included in the analyses about their activity pre- and/or post-bariatric surgery (ages 18–65, M = 44.02, SD ± 11.29). Further analyses were performed on those 36 participants whose activity was tracked both pre- and post-surgery. Participants’ activity levels pre- and post-surgery did not differ. In addition, 54 participants’ survey responses suggested that the main facilitator to their continued use of the Moves app was its automatic nature, and the main barrier was its battery drain. Conclusions The current study tracked physical activity in patients considered for and who had previously undergone bariatric surgery. The results should be interpreted with caution because of the small number of participants whose data meet the inclusion criteria and the barriers participants encountered to using the apps. Future studies should take note of the barriers to develop more user-friendly apps. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov- NCT01365416 on the 3rd of June 2011.
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