Impact on step count by commitment-based health application
Communication within the app teams, such as commitment, sharing photos of their goal achievements and provide encouraging comments to others, functioned as social nudges, suggesting the potential for an immediate increase in step count and long-term behavioral reinforcement through improved health literacy.
Authors
- Hirohide Shibutani
- Hiroyuki Kawaguchi
- Masaki Takebayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-4126)
- Yudai Kaneda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-9439)
- Mira Namba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-5500)
- Tatsuya Koyama
- Hiroshi Fukuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-3021)
- Megumi Shibuya
- Shin Murakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0274-9165)
- Chiaki Uemura
Institutions
- Keio University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Aomori University of Health and Welfare (JP)
- Mimasaka University (JP)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Japan Society for Occupational Health (JP)
- Aomori University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305765
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.87