Promoting vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (vilpa) in middle-aged adults: an evaluation of the movsnax mobile app
The MovSnax app, tested in the present study, is the world's first digital tool aimed specifically at increasing VILPA. The findings of the present study underscore the need for further app refinement, focusing on clarifying its purpose and instructions, boosting user engagement through personalization and added motivational elements, enhancing accuracy in detecting VILPA bouts, implementing clearer feedback mechanisms, expanding customization choices (such as font size and comparative data), and ensuring transparent and meaningful activity tracking.
Authors
- Cecilie Thøgersen‐Ntoumani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0255-1263)
- Josephine Y. Chau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6261-2545)
- Sarah Steiner
- Emmanuel Stamatakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-3225)
- Anne Grunseit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-3265)
- Nathan Anthony Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-7092)
- Carol Ann Maher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-0224)
- Matthew N. Ahmadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3115-338X)
- Annemarie Koster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1583-7391)
- Andreas Holtermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-5697)
- Catrine Tudor‐Locke
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment (DK)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19549-9
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.25
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council