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SynthesisJournal of medical systems2016

Persuasive Technology in Mobile Applications Promoting Physical Activity: a Systematic Review.

John Matthews, Khin Than Win, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Mark Freeman

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Synthesis in Journal of medical systems, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. The effectiveness of app-based mobile interventions on nutrition behaviours and nutrition-related health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019
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  10. A systematic review of just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to promote physical activity.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

John MatthewsSchool of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia. jfm806@uowmail.edu.au.
Khin Than WinSchool of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia. win@uow.edu.au.
Harri Oinas-KukkonenUniversity of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Harri.oinas-kukkonen@oulu.fi.
Mark FreemanSchool of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia. mfreeman@uow.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persuasive technology in mobile applications can be used to influence the behaviour of users. A framework known as the Persuasive Systems Design model has been developed for designing and evaluating systems that influence the attitudes or behaviours of users. This paper reviews the current state of mobile applications for health behavioural change with an emphasis on applications that promote physical activity. The inbuilt persuasive features of mobile applications were evaluated using the Persuasive Systems Design model. A database search was conducted to identify relevant articles. Articles were then reviewed using the Persuasive Systems Design model as a framework for analysis. Primary task support, dialogue support, and social support were found to be moderately represented in the selected articles. However, system credibility support was found to have only low levels of representation as a persuasive systems design feature in mobile applications for supporting physical activity. To ensure that available mobile technology resources are best used to improve the wellbeing of people, it is important that the design principles that influence the effectiveness of persuasive technology be understood.

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ExerciseHealth BehaviorCell PhoneHumansMobile ApplicationsReminder SystemsSocial SupportBehaviour modificationHealth EducationMobile applicationPersuasive technologyPhysical Activity

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PMID26748792

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