Trial reportBMC public health2018
The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) study to promote physical activity through active transportation in healthy adults: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
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The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) Study: a Randomized Controlled Trial to Promote Physical Activity Through Active Transportation
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mobile Apps to Improve Health Parameters in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Pooled it
- User Perception of a Smartphone App to Promote Physical Activity Through Active Transportation: Inductive Qualitative Content Analysis Within the Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
- Effects of active commuting on cardiovascular risk factors: GISMO-a randomized controlled feasibility study.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of a 3-Month Mobile Phone-Based Behavior Change Program on Active Transportation and Physical Activity in Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
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- Toward personalized persuasive social robots for behavior change in healthcare: a conceptual framework.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026Article
- Applications of Behavioral Change Theories and Models in Health Promotion Interventions: A Rapid Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Promoting active transportation through technology: a scoping review of mobile apps for walking and cycling.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Toward Systems Models for Obesity Prevention: A Big Role for Big Data.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- Application of EMGB to Study Impacts of Public Green Space on Active Transport Behavior: Evidence from South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between Active Transportation and Public Transport with an Objectively Measured Meeting of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Daily Steps Guidelines in Adults by Sex from Eight Latin American Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The effect of a community-based e-health program to promote the role of physical activity among healthy adults in Hungary.BMC public health · 2020Article
- The Mobile Health Multiple Lifestyle Behavior Interventions Across the Lifespan (MoBILE) Research Program: Protocol for Development, Evaluation, and Implementation.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe global pandemic of physical inactivity represents a considerable public health challenge. Active transportation (i.e., walking or cycling for transport) can contribute to greater total physical activity levels. Mobile phone-based programs can promote behaviour change, but no study has evaluated whether such a program can promote active transportation in adults. This study protocol presents the design and methodology of The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI), a randomised controlled trial to promote active transportation via a smartphone application (app) with the aim to increase physical activity. METHODS/
designA two-arm parallel randomised controlled trial will be conducted in Stockholm County, Sweden. Two hundred fifty adults aged 20-65 years will be randomised to either monitoring of active transport via the TRavelVU app (control), or to a 3-month evidence-based behaviour change program to promote active transport and monitoring of active travel via the TRavelVU Plus app (intervention). The primary outcome is moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA in minutes/day) (ActiGraph wGT3x-BT) measured post intervention. Secondary outcomes include: time spent in active transportation measured via the TRavelVU app, perceptions about active transportation (the Transport and Physical Activity Questionnaire (TPAQ)) and health related quality of life (RAND-36). Assessments are conducted at baseline, after the completed intervention (after 3 months) and 6 months post randomisation. DISCUSSION: SCAMPI will determine the effectiveness of a smartphone app to promote active transportation and physical activity in an adult population. If effective, the app has potential to be a low-cost intervention that can be delivered at scale.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03086837 ; 22 March, 2017.
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