Design of a Temporally Augmented Text Messaging Bot to Improve Adolescents’ Physical Activity and Engagement: Proof-of-Concept Study
TAGS shows promise for future trials with additional refinements given its feasibility, acceptability, technical and functional reliability, participants' rates of engagement, and the relative MVPA improvements. Opportunities to strengthen TAGS include reducing the burden of wearing devices and incorporating of other strategies at the 3 PM decision point. Further optimization of TAGS will inform the design of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for adolescent physical activity and prepare the intervention for more rigorous testing.
Authors
- Christopher C. Cushing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8452-8096)
- Adrian Ortega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-2156)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- Fertility & Lifespan Medical Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/60171
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40
Funders
- Society of Pediatric Psychology
- National Institute of Mental Health