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Trial reportTrials2017

Mobile Exergaming for Health-Effects of a serious game application for smartphones on physical activity and exercise adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus-study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Christoph Höchsmann, Steffen P Walz, Juliane Schäfer, Jussi Holopainen, Henner Hanssen, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02657018 (Mobile Exergaming for Health - Effects of a Serious Game Application for Smartphones on Physical Activity and Exercise Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02657018 nacompletednot on this map

Mobile Exergaming for Health - Effects of a Serious Game Application for Smartphones on Physical Activity and Exercise Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Randomized Controlled Trial)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of BaselRan2016 to 2018Enrolled36ConditionsOverweight, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2ArmsMOBIGAME, Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exergames in Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Christoph HöchsmannDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Birsstrasse 320 B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland.
Steffen P WalzSwinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
Juliane SchäferDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Birsstrasse 320 B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland.
Jussi HolopainenRMIT Europe, Barcelona, Spain.
Henner HanssenDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Birsstrasse 320 B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland.
Arno Schmidt-TrucksässDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Birsstrasse 320 B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland. arno.schmidt-trucksaess@unibas.ch.
University of Basel · CHRMIT Europe · ESSwinburne University of Technology · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExergaming is a novel approach to increase motivation for regular physical activity (PA) among sedentary individuals such as patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Because existing exergames do not offer fitness-level adjusted, individualized workouts and are normally stationary (TV bound), thus not enabling PA anywhere and at any time, we developed a smartphone-based, game-like software application (MOBIGAME) specifically designed for middle-aged T2DM patients to induce a healthier, more active lifestyle as part of successful T2DM treatment and management. In a randomized controlled trial we aim to examine whether our smartphone-based game application can lead to increases in daily PA in T2DM patients that are persistent in the mid to long term and whether these increases are greater than those in a control group.

methodsThis study is designed as a randomized controlled trial. We plan to recruit a total of 42 T2DM patients [45-70 years, body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m DISCUSSION: This research will investigate the effectiveness of a novel smartphone-based, game-like software application to be used as a way to promote regular daily PA among inactive T2DM patients. The results of this trial may have important implications for future PA-promoting interventions and provide relevant information for the general transferability of such applications to be used as part of the treatment in other chronic diseases.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02657018 . Registered on 11 January 2016. Last status update on 3 May 2016. Kofam.ch, SNCTP-number:SNCTP000001652. Registered on 21 January 2016.

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Cell PhoneExerciseMobile ApplicationsPatient ComplianceVideo GamesActigraphyAgedClinical ProtocolsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Exercise TherapyFemaleFitness TrackersHealthy LifestyleHumansMaleMiddle AgedDiabetes managementExercise adherenceExergamingPhysical activityType 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID28264717
PMCPMC5339965
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