ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2013
Monitoring dietary intake and physical activity electronically: feasibility, usability, and ecological validity of a mobile-based Ecological Momentary Assessment tool.
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- Compliance With Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Reported Health-Related Behaviors and Psychological Constructs in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Content validity and methodological considerations in ecological momentary assessment studies on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Ecological Momentary Assessment of Diet: Implications and Perspectives for Nutritional Epidemiology.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Methods and Procedures Used in Ecological Momentary Assessments of Diet and Physical Activity Research in Youth: An Adapted STROBE Checklist for Reporting EMA Studies (CREMAS).Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
- Technologies That Assess the Location of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Pooled it
- A comparison of personalized and fixed interval signal-contingent ecological momentary assessment to capture dietary data: a double-blinded crossover feasibility study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Trial
- Use of a Single-Item Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Daily Exercise: Agreement with Accelerometer-Measured Exercise.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Trial
- Using Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment to Understand Consumption and Context Around Online Food Delivery Use: Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Self-monitoring physical activity with a smartphone application in cancer patients: a randomized feasibility study (SMART-trial).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Trial
- Exploring Consumers' Situational Snacking Behaviors Using a Mobile App: Longitudinal Cohort Study (FOODLOOP) Among Millennials in the Netherlands.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Accuracy, Usability, and User Perspectives of the Ecological Momentary Dietary Assessment App Traqq Among Dutch Adolescents: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Completion Rates for Ecological Momentary Assessments of Food Intake During Pregnancy and Post Partum: Descriptive Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Adherence in Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- A novel ecological momentary assessment app for the investigation of daily cognitive functioning in breast cancer survivors: a feasibility study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Links Between Emotions, Physical States, and Eating Behavior in Patients After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: Experience Sampling Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The daily enactment of behavior change techniques among physically active university students with physical disabilities and chronic conditions.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- Experience Sampling as a dietary assessment method: a scoping review towards implementation.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Daily Time-Use Patterns and Quality of Life in Parents: Protocol for a Pilot Quasi-Experimental, Nonrandomized Controlled Trial Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Reliability of gamified reinforcement learning in densely sampled longitudinal assessments.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the growing body of research on complex lifestyle behaviors (eg, Dietary Intake [DI] and Physical Activity [PA]), monitoring of these behaviors has been hampered by a lack of suitable methods. A possible solution to this deficiency is mobile-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (mEMA), which enables researchers to collect data on participants' states in real-time by means of a smartphone application. However, feasibility, usability, and ecological validity need to be anticipated and managed in order to enhance the validity of mEMA.
objectiveTo examine the feasibility, usability, and ecological validity of a mEMA application (app) with regard to DI and PA among Dutch vocational education students.
methodsThe students (n=30) participated in the mEMA study for seven consecutive days. They downloaded the mEMA app on their smartphone. Feasibility and usability of the mEMA app were evaluated by completing an online evaluation after seven days of participation. Ecological validity was measured by assessing the degree to which the content of the mEMA app approximated the real-world setting that was being examined, through several multiple-choice questions.
resultsCompliance rates, as registered by the mEMA app, declined 46% over a seven-day period, while self-reported compliance, as measured with an online evaluation questionnaire afterwards, indicated a smaller decrease in compliance (29%). The students evaluated the mEMA app as feasible and usable. Ecological validity analyses showed that all DI and almost all PA multiple-choice options were covered with the compound response categories.
conclusionsThe mEMA app offers the opportunity to assess complex health behaviors (eg, DI and PA) in real-time settings, in which specifically routinized behaviors are involved. However, the mEMA app faced several challenges that needed to be overcome in order to improve its validity. Overall, the present study showed that the mEMA app is a usable and ecologically valid tool to measure DI and PA behaviors among vocational education students, but compliance is still limited.
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