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Effects of a Collective Family-Based Mobile Health Intervention Called “SMARTFAMILY” on Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Wunsch, Kathrin 1; Eckert, Tobias 1; Fiedler, Janis ORCID iD icon 1; Cleven, Laura ORCID iD icon 1; Niermann, Christina; Reiterer, Harald; Renner, Britta; Woll, Alexander ORCID iD icon 1
1 Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Background:
Numerous smartphone apps are targeting physical activity and healthy eating, but empirical evidence on their effectiveness for initialization and maintenance of behavior change, especially in children and adolescents, is still limited.

Objective:
The aim of this study was to conceptualize a theory-based and evidence-based mHealth intervention called SMARTFAMILY (SF) that targets physical activity and healthy eating in a collective family-based setting. Subsequently, the app will be refined and re-evaluated to analyze additional effects of just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) and gamification features.

Methods:
A smartphone app based on behavior change theories and behavior change techniques was developed and implemented and will be evaluated with family members individually and cooperatively (SF trial). Existing evidence and gained results were used to refine and will be used to re-evaluate the app (SF2.0 trial). Both trials are cluster randomized controlled trials with 3 measurement occasions. The intervention group uses the app for 3 consecutive weeks, whereas the control group receives no treatment. Baseline measurements (T$_{0}$) and postintervention measurements (T$_{1}$) include physical activity (ie, self-reported and accelerometry) and healthy eating measurements (ie, self-reported fruit and vegetable intake) as the primary outcomes. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000127314
Veröffentlicht am 28.11.2021
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.2196/20534
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Zitationen: 22
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2020
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1929-0748
KITopen-ID: 1000127314
Erschienen in JMIR Research Protocols
Verlag JMIR Publications
Band 9
Heft 11
Seiten e20534
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Vorab online veröffentlicht am 11.11.2020
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