Gamifying accelerometer use increases physical activity levels of individuals pre-disposed to type II diabetes
| Autor: | Joseph E. Cavanaugh, Alberto M. Segre, James F. Cremer, Lucas J. Carr, Jacob E. Simmering, Shelby L. Francis, Katie R Hosteng, Philip M. Polgreen, Linnea A. Polgreen, Sarah Coe, Nicholas J. Evans |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Physical activity Physical exercise Game Regular Article 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Health Informatics Walking Accelerometer Text message Type ii diabetes 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pre diabetes Intervention (counseling) Physical therapy medicine Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Pre-diabetes business |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine Reports Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 23, Iss, Pp 101426-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2211-3355 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101426 |
| Popis: | Physical activity is important for preventing obesity and diabetes, but most obese and pre-diabetic patients are not physically active. We developed a Fitbit-based game called MapTrek that promotes walking. We recruited obese and pre-diabetic patients. Half were randomly assigned to the control group and given a Fitbit alone. The others were given a Fitbit plus MapTrek. The MapTrek group participated in 6 months of weekly virtual races. Each week, participants were placed in a race with 9 others who achieved a similar number of steps in the previous week’s race. Participants moved along the virtual route by the steps recorded on their Fitbit and received daily walking challenges via text message. Text messages also had links to the race map and leaderboard. We used a Bayesian mixed effects model to analyze the number of steps taken during the intervention. A total of 192 (89%) participants in the control group and 196 (91%) in the MapTrek group were included in the analyses. MapTrek significantly increased step counts when it began: MapTrek participants walked almost 1,700 steps more than the control group on the first day of the intervention. We estimate that there is a 97% probability that the effect of MapTrek is at least 1,000 additional steps per day throughout the course of the 6-month intervention and that MapTrek participants would have walked an additional 81 miles, on average, before the effect ended. Our MapTrek intervention led to significant extra walking by the MapTrek participants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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